American actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens has an estimated net worth of $10 million. She is widely recognized as Gabrielle Montez in the Disney Channel hit movie and soundtrack album High School Musical. She also appeared on Drake & Josh and The Sweet Life of Zack and Cody. Born in Salinas, California but raised in San Diego, Hudgens began performing at an early age, appearing in musicals starting at age eight, and moved to Los Angeles after winning an audition for a commercial. After moving to England to study drama and music at Kingsbrook Business and Enterprise College, she returned to Los Angeles and scored roles on shows such as Quintuplets, Cover Me, and Still Standing, as well as films like Thirteen and Thunderbirds.

After appearing in the 2006 phenomenon High School Musical which included the best-selling soundtrack and several Teen Choice Awards, Hudgens was offered a recording deal, and began working on her album in the summer of same year. She also toured with fellow Disney sensations the Cheetah Girls. Hudgens won the Choice Breakout Singer in August 2007, and Teen Choice Awards. High School Musical 2 and its soundtrack were released; a few weeks later, some of Hudgens' personal photos, including one of her nude, leaked onto the Internet. During the ensuing controversy, it was unsure whether or not she would be back for the third High School Musical installment, but Disney kept her in the franchise. Her second pop album, Identified, was released in summer 2008, and High School Musical 3: Senior Year appeared that fall. In 2011, she was back on the big screen in the feature film Sucker Punch. Her celebrity status was boosted by her public romance with co-star Zac Efron between 2007 to 2010.

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