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Ashley Tisdale
Tisdale in 2008, during the premiere of High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
Background information
Birth name	Ashley Michelle Tisdale
Born	July 2, 1985 (1985-07-02) (age 24) West Deal, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Pop1
Occupations	Actress, singer, songwriter, television producer, spokesperson
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Warner Bros. Records
Website	www.ashleytisdale.com/

Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress, singer and television producer. Tisdale's first major acting role was as Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. She went on to star in the High School Musical film series as the female antagonist Sharpay Evans. She became the first female artist to debut two songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top", both songs from the first film's soundtrack.²

After her first High School Musical appearance, she launchd a solo music career. Her debut album, Headstrong was released in February 2007 and debuted at number five in the U.S. chart, selling 64,000 copies,³ and was later certified Gold.⁴ Tisdale has a prominent voice role as Candace Flynn in Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb. Her second studio album, Guilty Pleasure was first released in June 2009.⁵ She also starred in the 2009 feature film, Aliens in the Attic as Bethany Pearson.⁶

Contents 1 Early life and career beginnings 2 Career 2.1 1996-2006: Early roles 2.2 2007-present: Career development 3 Musical style 4 Public image and personal life 5 Filmography 5.1 Films 5.2 Television 6 Discography 7 Awards and nominations 8 References 9 External links

Early life and career beginnings

Tisdale was born in West Deal, Monmouth County, New Jersey on July 2, 1985,² to Lisa (née Morris) and Mike Tisdale, who run a construction company. She grew up in Ocean Township. While her elder sister, Jennifer Tisdale, is also an actress, her maternal grandfather, Arnold Morris, developed the Ginsu Knives; through her grandfather, she is also related to businessman Ron Popeil.⁷ Tisdale is Jewish on her mother's side and considers herself Jewish.⁸

At the age of three, Tisdale was discovered by her current manager Bill Perlman at a New Jersey mall. He sent her on auditions for commercials and on her first audition, she landed a JC Penney spot and went on to appear in more than 100 commercials as a kid², including a Toys "R" Us commercial.⁹¹⁰ Tisdale was a Ford Model. She began her theatrical career by appearing in Gypsy: A Musical Fable and The Sound of Music at Monmouth County's Jewish Community Center.²¹¹ At the age of eight, she was cast in a leading role in the Broadway musical, Les Misérables, and later toured internationally with the cast of Annie.² At the age of twelve, Tisdale sang for Bill Clinton in the White House.²

Career

1996-2006: Early roles

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tisdale had minor roles in several television shows such as The Hughleys, Smart Guy, 7th Heaven and Bette. For her role in Boston Public she received a 2000 Young Artist Award nomination for "best guest performance in a TV drama".¹² Tisdale had minor roles in A Bug's Life, Whisper of the Heart and Donnie Darko.¹³ In 2004, She was cast as Maddie Fitzpatrick on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody after auditioning for the roles of Maddie and London Tipton.¹⁴ She later won her first award at Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK for her role in the show.⁷

Tisdale was soon cast as Sharpay Evans in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, which premiered in January 2006. Tisdale's role required her to perform several songs on the soundtrack. She became the first female artist to debut two songs simultaneously on the "Billboard Hot 100" with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top".² Tisdale also covered "Kiss the Girl" and filmed a music video for the song.⁷ In 2006, she signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records and covered Wham!'s "Last Christmas", which was her first single in her Warner Bros. deal. In late 2006, a three-song EP, He Said She Said EP was released to promote Headstrong.¹⁵ She also participated in the High School Musical: The Concert tour, performing High School Musical songs and three songs from her debut album.¹⁶

2007-present: Career development

In February 2007, her first solo album, Headstrong, was released by Warner Bros Records³ and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 64,000 copies.³ "Be Good to Me" was released as the first single from the album in fall 2006 and "He Said She Said" was released as the second. In 2008, a third single, "Not Like That", was released in European countries¹⁷ , while a fourth single, "Suddenly", was released in Germany.¹⁸

She later reprised her role as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical 2 and was also featured in the soundtrack. Tisdale has a voice role in Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb as Candace Flynn⁷ She performed several songs in the series as her character¹⁹ and contributed to the show's 2009 soundtrack.²⁰ She also voiced Camille Leon in Kim Possible. In 2007, Tisdale released her first music DVD, There's Something About Ashley, with a three-song trilogy comprising music videos and a documentary about the creation of her debut album,⁷ which was later certified Gold in the U.S. for reaching 500,000 copies shipped,⁴ and was voted sixth best 2007 album by Billboard readers.²¹

In 2008, Tisdale starred as Mandy Gilbert in the ABC Family Original Movie, Picture This²² and was also one of the movie's executive producers.²² Tisdale reprised her role as Sharpay Evans in the 2008 Walt Disney Pictures film High School Musical 3: Senior Year and also sang songs on the the soundtrack.⁷ Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly acclaimed Tisdale as the film's breakout star, saying her character makes "narcissism a goofy, bedazzled pleasure".²³

Tisdale began working on her second solo album, Guilty Pleasure in early 2008.²⁴ She said the album includes "more rock and edgier" music.²⁵ The album's lead single, "It's Alright, It's OK", was released on April, 2009 in the United States in airplay and digital formats. Guilty Pleasure was first released in June, 2009 in several countries and in July of the same year in North America.⁵ The album later debuted at number twelve on Billboard 200, selling 25,000 copies in its first week of sales.²⁶ "Crank It Up" is the album's second single and was released in October 2009.²⁷ She is featured in Boys Like Girls' "Love Drunk" music video.²⁸.

Tisdale starred in the 20th Century Fox film, Aliens in the Attic with Robert Hoffman and Carter Jenkins,⁶ as Bethany Pearson. In 2009, she guest starred as Maddie Fitzpatrick on The Suite Life on Deck and as herself on the reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.²⁹³⁰ Tisdale is also a producer,³¹ she has a production company named Blondie Girl Productions and is working in two projects.³¹ Tisdale also signed a deal with FremantleMedia to produce a reality show.³¹ She also left Gersh Agency and joined Creative Artists Agency.³² Tisdale has collaborated with Jessica Horowitz to create an animated series, After Midnight which is currently being shopped around for distribution.³³ In early October 2009, Tisdale was cast in the film, Sleepless Beauty.³⁴

Musical style

Tisdale's music is predominantly pop and has included ballads and pop rock.²⁵ Love and heartbreak are major themes in Tisdale's songs and her output makes use of electronic instruments such as drum machines and guitars. She co-wrote several songs on her studio albums.³⁵³⁶³⁷ Her musical influences include Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson³⁸ and many popular 1980s songs.³⁹ In a AOL interview, Tisdale said, "I’ve been a big fan of Pink ever since she started. I love Katy Perry’s sense of humor and her pop/rock feel. I love Pat Benatar's music. I’m inspired by all these women when I’m going into the studio, but almost anything inspires me."⁴⁰

Public image and personal life

In 2007, Tisdale appeared in a promotional campaign for Staples, Inc.'s "Geared 4 School" sweepstakes and appeared in promotional campaigns for Eckō Red clothing brand, she toured malls in the U.S. and performed in fashion shows hosted at each mall as part of her deal.⁴¹ Tisdale was romantically involved with Jared Murillo and ended their relationship in March 2009.⁴² In March 2007, Tisdale told Blender she was drug and alcohol-free, and doesn't smoke and went on to add, "my mom really instilled confidence in me, so I'm not somebody who'd be under peer pressure".⁴³ She was ranked #10 in Maxim's 2008 Hot 100 list and was ranked #94 on Forbes' 2008 Celebrity 100 list.⁴⁴⁴⁵

She underwent a septoplasty procedure on November 2007 to correct her partially deviated septum. According to Tisdale, this was done for health-related reasons and not out of a belief in plastic surgery;" The procedure also corrected two small fractures in her nose which were 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.⁴⁶

In 2008, Tisdale was ranked #17 in "Forbes' High Earners Under 30" list and earned $2.8 million from High School Musical 3.⁴⁷ She also teamed up with Huckleberry Toys to produce a limited edition of dolls modeled after her.⁴⁸ She was the face of Degree Girl in the U.S. and recorded several commercials and songs to promote the product.⁴⁹ In 2009, Tisdale signed a five-year endorsements contract with Italian clothes line, Puerco Espin.⁵⁰ She is a volunteer for the 2009 "Get on the Bus" charity campaign.⁵¹

Filmography

Films

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	A Bug's Life	Blueberry Scout	Voice role
2001	Donnie Darko	Kim
	Nathan's Choice	Stephanie
2002	The Mayor of Oyster Bay	Jennifer	TV movie
2006	High School Musical	Sharpay Evans	Disney Channel Original Movie
	Whisper of the Heart	Yuko Harada	Vocal role
2007	High School Musical 2	Sharpay Evans	Disney Channel Original Movie
	Bring It On: In It to Win It	Herself	direct-to-DVD
2008	Picture This	Mandy Gilbert (also executive producer)	ABC Family television premiere
	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Sharpay Evans
2009	Aliens in the Attic	Bethany Pearson

Television

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005-08	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Maddie Fitzpatrick
2007-present	Phineas and Ferb	Candace Flynn	Voice
Guest appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Smart Guy	Amy	"A Little Knowledge" (episode 6, season 1)
	7th Heaven	Janice	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (episode 5, season 3)
2000	Beverly Hills, 90210	Nicole Loomis	"Fertile Ground" (episode 15, season 10)
	Movie Stars	Female Student	"Stand by Me" (episode 10, season 2)
	The Amanda Show	Cold-Curer	3 episodes
	The Geena Davis Show	Tracy	"Motherly Advice" (episode 5, season 1)
	Boston Public	Carol Prader	"Chapter Five" (episode 5, season 1)
2001	Bette	Jessica	"The Invisible Mom" (episode 14, season 1)
	Once and Again	Marni	"Best of Enemies" (episode 18, season 2)
	Kate Brasher	Winona	"Georgia" (episode 6, season 1)
	Charmed	Runaway Teen	"Look Who's Barking" (episode 21, season 3)
2002	The Hughleys	Stephanie	3 episodes, season 4
2003	Strong Medicine	Sherry Lowenstein	"Addicted to Love" (episode 20, season 3)
	Grounded for Life	Leah	"Just Like a Woman" (episode 5, season 3)
	George Lopez	Olivia	"I Only Have Eyes for You" (episode 21, season 2)
	Still Standing	Bonnie	4 episodes, season 1—2
2006	That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana	Maddie Fitzpatrick	Disney Channel special
	Disney Channel Games 2006	Herself
2007	Kim Possible	Camille Leon (voice)	(3 episodes, season 4)
	Disney Channel Games 2007	Herself	Disney Channel special
2008	Studio DC: Almost Live	Herself
2009	The Suite Life on Deck	Maddie Fitzpatrick	"Maddie on Deck" (episode 13, season 1)
	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	Herself	Episode 1, season 7
	Family Guy	N/A	Season Eight
	Styl'D52	Herself	Season One

Discography

Studio albums 2007: Headstrong 2009: Guilty Pleasure DVDs 2007: There's Something About Ashley

Concert tours 2006/2007: High School Musical: The Concert 2007: Headstrong Tour Across America

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Link
2000	Nominated	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Television Drama Series	Boston Public	12
2007	Won	Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards	Best TV Actress	The Suite Life of Zack and Cody	7
	Nominated	Premios Oye!	International Breakthrough Artist	Headstrong	53
2009	Won	2009 MTV Movie Awards	Breakthrough Performance Female	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	54
	Nominated	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Best Actress: Music/Dance		55
			Summer: Movie Star-Female	Aliens in the Attic	55
		Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009	Best New International Artist	Guilty Pleasure	56

References

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v • d • e Ashley Tisdale Studio albums Headstrong (2007) · Guilty Pleasure (2009) DVDs There's Something About Ashley (2007) Singles "Be Good to Me" · "He Said She Said" · "Not Like That" · "Suddenly" · "It's Alright, It's OK" · "Crank It Up" Other releases "Kiss the Girl" · "Last Christmas" · "Headstrong" Filmography The Suite Life of Zack & Cody · Kim Possible · Phineas and Ferb · A Bug's Life · Donnie Darko · Whisper of the Heart · High School Musical  · High School Musical 2 · Picture This! · High School Musical 3: Senior Year · Aliens in the Attic Related Discography · All songs · Maddie Fitzpatrick · Sharpay Evans · Jennifer Tisdale

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NAME	Tisdale, Ashley Michelle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American singer, actor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 2, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
DATE OF DEATH
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