Ashley Tisdale has been a star in the film and
music industry for more than 20 years, and is still under 40. Best known for
her role in the High School Musical franchise
as Sharpay Evans, Tisdale has never limited herself to acting.
She began her career in show business quite
young, meeting her manager at just three years old. She began appearing in
national ad campaigns soon thereafter. Her acting career began at just 8 when
she was cast as Cosette in the musical Les Miserables. It was around this time
she met President Bill Clinton and sang for him at the White House.
Tisdale then began acting
in television and film, appearing on episodes of The Smart Guy and 7th Heaven in 1997. She was also cast in her first films An
All Dogs Christmas Carol and A Bug’s
Life as a voice actress. She appeared in her first feature film as an
actress in Donnie Darko in 2001.
Tisdale’s first breakout success was on the
Disney Channel’s Suite Life of Zach &
Cody where she played Maddie Fitzpatrick from 2005-2008.
Tisdale’s star truly skyrocketed at this time as she starred in High School Musical in 2006. This role
helped to launch her singing career as well, her first album Headstrong released in 2007 and reached
number 5 on the Billboard 200. High School
Musical 2 released the same year, along with a new Disney Channel show
featuring Tisdale’s voice Phineas and
Ferb.
In recent years, Tisdale has continued acting on TV shows
like Macgyver, in films like Charming, and producing shows like ABC’s Young and Hungry. Tisdale is also
expected to release a new solo album entitled Symptoms in 2019.