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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 the Disney Channel Original Movie High
School Musical. Tisdale has also pursued a music career
and released her debut album Headstrong on February 6,
2007.
She also participated in High School
Musical: The Concert and will play Sharpay Evans again
in High School Musical 2.
Early life: Tisdale was born in West Deal, New
Jersey on July 2, 1985. Her parents are called Lisa
Morris and Mike Tisdale. Her older sister, Jennifer
Tisdale, is also an actress. Her maternal grandfather is
Arnold Morris, the developer of Ginsu Knives; through
her grandfather, she is also related to businessman Ron
Popeil.She has a maltipoo dog, named Blondie.
Tisdale is Jewish on her mother's side
and considers herself Jewish. She was discovered by Bill
Perlman, who is her current manager, at South Shores
Mall, when she was three. 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.
Film and television: During the late 1990s,
Tisdale appeared in episodes of several television
series, including Smart Guy, 7th Heaven, Grounded for
Life, Boston Public, Strong Medicine, Charmed, and
Beverly Hills, 90210.
She had a minor role in the 2001 film
Donnie Darkoand she guest starred on "The Amanda
Show" and recurring roles on the sitcoms The
Hughleys, and Still Standing. In 2002, she starred in a
TV commercial for Fruit Gushers (notable for the head
transformation) "Photo Booth" and her head
transformed into an oversized orange.She also starred in
a [[T-Mobile[[ commercial with Catherine Zeta-Jones and
was in a Toys r Us commercial with Abigail Breslin.
Then, Tisdale was cast in the role of
Maddie Fitzpatrick on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
after auditioning for the roles of Maddie Fitzpatrick
and London Tipton. As the series became popular, Tisdale
became a featured performer on the Disney Channel and
performed a voice role in Whisper of the Heart. She was
also cast in Disney Channel Original Movie High School
Musical, which became a major success for the channel
after its premiere on January 20, 2006.
Tisdale originally tried out for Gabriella Montez, but
was cast as Sharpay Evans. The role required her to
perform several songs, including "What I've Been
Looking For," "Bop to the Top," and
"We're All in This Together." All three
managed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Additionally,
Tisdale made music history by being the first female
artist to ever debut with two songs simultaneously on
the Billboard Hot 100 with "What I've Been Looking
For" and "Bop to the Top." She has also
recorded versions of the songs "Some Day My Prince
Will Come" and "Kiss The Girl" (including
a music video) for Disney.
In addition, she recorded a version of
"A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" with the
other members of the Disney Channel Circle of Stars, and
appeared in the Disney Channel Games 2006 as captain of
the Green Team. Tisdale is also appearing in the second
rendition of the games, named "Disney Channel Games
2007".
More recently, Tisdale signed a deal with Staples, Inc.
to appear in the promotional campaign for the company's
"Geared 4 School" sweepstakes that fall. She
will star in High School Musical 2, scheduled to air on
August 17, 2007. It has been rumoured that Hannah
Montana will be making a guest appearance in High School
Musical 2, though this has not been confirmed.
Tisdale appeared in the second episode of Season 8 of
MTV's Punk'd. The skit was, she went to a children's
hospital and sang "Kiss the Girl" to a little
boy in a coma. After she sang a few lyrics of the song,
the boy woke up. As she was singing, the lyrics were
being censored out because MTV did not own the rights to
the song. She also appeared in an episode where she
helped Ashton Kutcher to punk her good friend and High
School Musical co-star Zac Efron.
Tisdale told JustJared.com during an interview at the
2007 MTV Movie Awards that she will be filming a movie
in August. No other information has been given since she
stated she's superstitious.
Music: Tisdale's first solo album, Headstrong, is
distributed by Warner Bros. Records and was released on
February 6, 2007. The album debuted at #5 on the
Billboard 200 album charts, selling 64,000 copies. Her
first single "He Said She Said," written by
Jonathan "J.R." Rotem and Evan
"Kidd" Bogart, was released on December 19,
2006.
There are three versions of the song:
the Radio Disney version, which is more geared towards
children; a version which Tisdale sings during the High
School Musical Tour, and a version which is more
"mature" than the other versions and has some
"mature" content like touching and kissing.
She filmed a music video on January 25, 2007 for
"He Said, She Said." Her second single, Be
Good to Me was released on iTunes on January 9, 2007,
with a music video that was played on the Disney Channel
and AOL.
The songs were released on iTunes &
Napster. On January 2007, Tisdale was declared the 2nd
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' preteens eager to buy her debut
album!" In March 2007, Tisdale told Blender that
she was drug and alcohol-free, going on to say "my
mom really instilled confidence in me, so I'm not
somebody who'd be under peer pressure." Recently a
Brazilian newspaper claimed that Ashley's new album
Headstrong sold 23,000 copies in Brazil and over 500,000
copies worldwide.
Music Videos: Ashley has been in two music videos
on for Be Good To Me, off her album Headstrong, which is
on the High School Musical: The Concert DVD. Ashley has
also made a music video for "Kiss The Girl",
the remake of the song from The Little Mermaid, which
can be found on The Little Mermaid Special Edition DVD.
She was also featured in the "A
Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (originally from
Disney's Cinderella) music video made for Disney
Channel, along with several other Disney Channel stars.
You can also buy the music videos of "What I've
Been Looking For" and "We're All In This
Together" from High School Musical on iTunes. High
School Musical the movie and concert version can also be
bought on iTunes.
Ashley filmed four music videos for her current album
Headstrong on June 26th. Also she's been in all the High
School Musical music videos, including the new one,
which just aired on the Disney Channel 'What Time Is
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