Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in Thirteen (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008), which brought her significant mainstream success.
The success of the first film led to Hudgens' acquiring a recording contract with Hollywood Records, with whom she released two studio albums, V (2006) and Identified (2008).
Vanessa Hudgens mourns major loss with a song
us.hola.comVanessa Hudgens lost her father Greg to cancer. To mark the somber occasion, the 32-year-old entertainer shared a clip of her big number “There Are Worse Things I Could Do” in Grease: Live!, reminding the world of her act of resilience.
You may recall that Greg passed away the night before the FOX extravaganza went live. “I am so sad to say that last night my daddy, Greg passed away from stage 4 cancer,” Vanessa tweeted the following morning. “Thank you to everyone who kept him in your prayers.”Before anyone could speculate as to whether she would perform as Rizzo that night, she sent out another tweet. “Tonight, I do the show in his honor,” Vanessa added.
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