
Age: 37
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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 media success. The success of the first film led Hudgens to acquire a recording contract with Hollywood Records, with whom she released two studio albums, V (2006) and Identified (2008). Since the release of her studio albums and the High School Musical franchise, Hudgens has focused on her acting career. She appeared in the films Bandslam (2009), Beastly, Sucker Punch (both 2011), Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Spring Breakers (both 2012), Second Act (2018), Bad Boys for Life (2020), and Tick, Tick...Boom! (2021). She starred in the Netflix Christmas movies The Princess Switch (2018) and its sequels (2020 and 2021) and The Knight Before Christmas (2019), and co-produced the latter three. Hudgens played the role of Emily Locke in the NBC series Powerless (2017). She also played the title role in the Broadway musical Gigi (2015) and had roles in two of Fox's live musical productions: Rizzo in Grease: Live (2016) and Maureen Johnson in Rent: Live (2019). In 2022, Hudgens co-hosted the Met Gala in Manhattan.

Vanessa Hudgens

Gabriella Hawthorne
for Gabriella Hawthorne in Howie's Story
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There is a juvenile detention centre where naughty youth go... But has Howie Cowell really done anything so terrible? His father shot and killed his sister, Scarlett, as he tried to murder Howie, but she intercepted... Howie was tragically blamed for Scarlett's death, as a neighbour heard the gunshots. He just wishes another pair of eyes knew that too. Howie is innocent. Or is he?! All the other inmates have sinned in the past... Take Diana for example, she was caught stealing a banana- but she wasn't the only one. And Adam and Aaron Barrett, alongside their friend, Izzy, the three of them stole trousers- but Izzy and Aaron only did it because they didn't want Adam getting incarcerated alone. Nobody is innocent. Every kid there has a tragic beginning..... But is Howie's story the be-all and end all?!