Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American
actress and
singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl
Maddie Fitzpatrick in
Disney Channel's
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female
antagonist Sharpay Evans in the
High School Musical film series. The
High School Musical series became a successful franchise which included two television films, a feature movie, a
spin-off and numerous soundtrack albums. The popularity earned by Tisdale in
High School Musical led her to sign a solo record deal with
Warner Bros. Records in 2006. Her debut album
Headstrong, was released in February 2007, and debuted at number five in the U.S. chart and sold 64,000 copies in the first week. It was later
certified Gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America. A second studio album,
Guilty Pleasure, was released in 2009.
Tisdale owns a production company and has worked as an executive producer in movies which included the
ABC Family television film
Picture This. Tisdale has a prominent voice role as Candace Flynn in Disney Channel's
Phineas & Ferb, a cartoon which became television's most-watched animated series among kids and tweens and had been met with acclaim by critics. In 2009, she was cast in her first major broadcast role in
The CW's television series
Hellcats as Savannah Monroe, an intense and very religious......
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