Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer. After appearing in several television roles during the late 1990s and early 2000s, she became known to young audiences for playing Maddie Fitzpatrick on the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Sharpay Evans in High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and will reprise her role in High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Tisdale is currently voicing Candace in the Disney Channel original series Phineas and Ferb. Tisdale has also pursued a solo music career and released her debut album Headstrong on February 6, 2007.
Biography
Early life
Tisdale was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on July 2, 1985, to Lisa (née Morris) and Mike Tisdale. She grew up there in Ocean Township. Her elder sister Jennifer Tisdale is also an actress. Tisdale is Jewish and her maternal grandfather is Arnold Morris, the developer of Ginsu Knives; and through her grandfather, she is also related to businessman Ron Popeil.She was discovered by Bill Perlman, her current manager, at South Shores Mall, when she was three. At the age of eight, she got a leading role in the Broadway musical, Les Misérables and later toured internationally with the cast of Annie. She began acting, appearing in stage productions of Gypsy: A Musical Fable and The Sound of Music at the Jewish Community Center of Monmouth County.
Personal life
Tisdale underwent a rhinoplasty procedure on November 30, 2007. According to Tisdale, this was done for health-related reasons and not out of a belief in plastic surgery; her “septum was 80 percent deviated” and she had “two small fractures on [her] nose”, and this was interfering with her breathing. She spoke to People magazine about the surgery, saying that it was important to her to be honest with her fans.
On January 2007, Tisdale was declared the second Hottest Woman of Pop/R&B by Blender Magazine, which stated, “Tisdale has a gift. Not an angelic voice or a dazzling personality, but an even rarer commodity: millions of “pre-sold” tweens eager to buy her debut album!”. In an interview to the People, Tisdale confirmed that she had been dating her High School Musical dancer Jared Murillo since March 2007. In March 2007, Tisdale told Blender that she was drug and alcohol-free, and went on to add, “my mom really instilled confidence in me, so I’m not somebody who’d be under peer pressure”. She was later voted as number 10 in Maxim’s 2008 Hot 100 list. On June 11, 2008, Tisdale was ranked at #94 on Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
Filmography (selected)
Films
- They Came From Upstairs(2009)
- Teen Witch(2009)
- You Wish(2009)
- Picture This(2008)
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year(2008)
- High School Musical 2(2007)
- Bring It On: In It to Win It(2007)
- High School Musical(2006)
- Whisper of the Heart(2006)
- The Mayor of Oyster Bay(2002)
- Donnie Darko(2001)
- Nathan’s Choice(2001)
- A Bug’s Life(1998)
Television
- The Suite Life on Deck(2008—present)
- Phineas and Ferb(2007—present)
- Kim Possible(2007)
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005—2008)
Discography
Albums
- Headstrong(2007)
DVDs
- There’s Something About Ashley(2007)