Vanessa Anne Hudgens, (born December 14, 1988 in Salinas, California) American actress and singer, made her screen debut in 2003 and appeared in the Hollywood films Thirteen and Thunderbirds, before reaching fame in the 2006 hit Disney Channel film, High School Musical. To read more please click here
Cage was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California.[2] His father, August Floyd Coppola, is a writer, comparative literature professor and a pioneer of studies for the blind, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a choreographer and ballet dancer who suffered from chronic depression.[3][4] The two divorced in 1976. Cage's mother is of part German descent and his father is Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Cage is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, as well as the cousin of director Sofia Coppola and actors Robert Carmine and Jason Schwartzman. Cage's two brothers are Christopher Coppola, a director, and Marc "The Cope" Coppola, a New York radio personality. Cage was raised Catholic.[5]
Cage, who went to Beverly Hills High School (the same high school as fellow entertainers Albert Brooks, Angelina Jolie, Lenny Kravitz, Slash, Rob Reiner, Bonnie Franklin and David Schwimmer), aspired to act from an early age.[2] His first (non-cinematic) acting experience was in a school production of Golden Boy. He is also good friends with fellow actor Johnny Depp, whom he advised to get into acting.[2]
