Vanessa Hudgens found herself cast opposite fellow up-and-comers Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed in Thirteen, a drama revolving around the reckless exploits of several teenagers. She followed that up with a role in the 2004 live action adaptation of Thunderbirds (opposite no less than Ben Kingsley), and popped up on TV shows such as The Brothers Garcia and Quintuplets. But it wasn’t until she successfully auditioned for the part of Gabriella Montez in the Disney Channel movie High School Musical that Vanessa finally began to receive the recognition she so richly deserved.
In April 2008, Vanessa Hudgens released the first single "Sneaker night" from her second album Identified. She also appeared in the third installment of the hit movie franchise High School Musical 3: Senior Year and, in '09, she worked on the flick Rock On with Lisa Kudrow. During the filming Beastly, a film about a teen who gets transformed into a hideous creature in order to find true love, more total open photos of Vanessa Hudgens surfaced online in August of 2009. These Vanessa Hudgens photos featuring her in a variety of "come hither" poses were even racier than the ones from 2007. We're not saying that's a bad thing.