Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer. Better known for her role as Maddie Fitzpatrick on the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and will reprise her role in High School Musical 3: Senior Year. As of August 2008, Tisdale is voicing Candace Flynn 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. //

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 Jewishand 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.

Career

Films and television

During the late 1990s, Tisdale had guest appearances in several television series, which included 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 Darko and a guest appearance on The Amanda Show. She had recurring roles on the sitcoms The Hughleys, and Still Standing. In 2005, 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. Tisdale was cast as Sharpay Evans in Disney Channel Original Movies, High School Musical. She reprised her role as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical 2 which premiered on August 17, 2007 and will reprise it again in High School Musical 3: Senior Year. She appeared in the Disney Channel Games 2006 as captain of the Green Team. Tisdale has a supporting role in the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb, voicing Candace. Tisdale also appeared in the two episodes of MTV's Punk'd. Tisdale told JustJared.com during an interview at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards that she will be filming a movie in August. MTV News confirmed in an article interview with Tisdale, that the movie is titled Picture This, which was released direct to DVD in 2008. Also, Tisdale is credited as one of the executive producers of the movie. Tisdale made a special appearence in the credits of the movie Bring It On: In It to Win It, where she performed her single "He Said She Said". The Hollywood Reporter reported that she will star in 20th Century Fox's new adventure comedy, They Came From Upstairs along with Robert Hoffman and Carter Jenkins.[13]

Music

2006: Before solo career Tisdale's role in High School Musical required her to perform several songs, which included songs such as "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.[14] Tisdale made music history being the first female artist ever to debut with two singles simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top".[15][8] Later, she recorded a cover version of "Some Day My Prince Will Come" alongside Drew Seeley for a DisneyMania album. She has also covered the song "Kiss the Girl, being first heard on Radio Disney on September 4, 2006, and the music video premiered on September 6, 2006 on Disney Channel, immediately following an episode of the sitcom The Suite Life of Zack and Cody , as well as being featured on the DVD itself. [16] In addition to these, she recorded a version of "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" with other members of the Disney Channel Circle of Stars. Tisdale signed a record deal with the label Warner Bros. Records, starting her solo career. Before releasing her debut album, Tisdale covered the hit single "Last Christmas" (originally by Wham!) and released it in 2006 as the first single in her deal with Warner Bros. Records.[17] Tisdale launched a worldwide tour with the rest of the cast of High School Musical in fall 2006, performing the songs from the soundtrack album as well of three songs from her debut album, which was released on 2007. [18] A DVD and an album named High School Musical: The Concert were released in 2007, featuring only one of the three songs performed by Tisdale in the tour. 2007-present: Headstrong See also: Headstrong (album) Tisdale's first solo album, Headstrong, was released on February 6, 2007 and was distributed by Warner Bros. Records. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 album charts, selling 64,000 copies.[19] Though her first single was "He Said She Said", it was released later, with "Be Good to Me" being released as her first single. Tisdale re-released "He Said She Said" in September 19, 2007, when the music video premiered on MTV's TRL.[20] Also, on January 25, 2008 Tisdale released "Not Like That" on Europe (later on Chile and Brazil) and on February 22, 2008 released "Suddenly" on Brazil (later on Germany).[21]. In 2007, Tisdale released her first music DVD, There's Something About Ashley, with a three-song trilogy comprised by music videos and a documentary about the Headstrong album creation.[22] Tisdale wrote four songs for this album - "Not Like That", "Suddenly", "Over It" and the bonus track "It's Life". The album was re-released for the first time in Christmas, 2007 in a Holiday Edition with the standard CD, the DVD There's Something About Ashley in a digipack format, and some other merchandise.[23] The album was re-released again in a limited Deluxe Edition format, released only in Germany with the DVD.[24] Tisdale promoted the album and the DVD in a mini mall-tour in mid-October 2007, performing live three songs in selected American's malls.[25] The album has been certified Gold in the U.S. for reaching 500,000 copies shipped.[26] and was nominated as #6 on "Album of The Year" by Billboard Readers' Choice.[27] Tisdale also appeared on the soundtrack of High School Musical 2, performing several songs such as "Fabulous", "You Are The Music In Me" and "What Time Is It?". Tisdale covered the 80's hit song "Shadows of the Night" for the motion picture Picture This . Also, she will appear on the High School Musical 3: Senior Year soundtrack, performing songs such "I Want It All". In a Extra! interview she stated that she recorded a couple of songs in the moment for her next album and after shooting High School Musical 3 she will focus on her second album.[28]. The album title is Autumn Goodbye.

Products and endorsement

In October 2007, Tisdale signed a promotional deal with clothing company, "Red" by Marc Ecko in which she toured the malls across the US. The company, "Red"— for which Tisdale was the spokesperson— hosted fashion shows at each mall and the crowd was treated to a performance by Tisdale.[29] On March 17, 2008, Tisdale teamed up with "Huckleberry Toys" to produce a limited edition of dolls modelled after herself.[30] She also participed in commercials for Toys "R" Us, T-Mobile, and signed a deal with Staples, Inc. to appear in the promotional campaign for the company's "Geared 4 School" sweepstakes in the fall. She is also the face for Degree Girl in the United States.[31] To promote Degree Girl, she recorded cover versions of '80s and 90s hits, including "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Time After Time", "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and "Too Many Walls".[32]

Image and 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.[33] 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!".[34] In an interview to the People, Tisdale confirmed that she had been dating her High School Musical dancer Jared Murillo since March 2007.[35] 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".[36] She was later voted as number 10 in Maxim's 2008 Hot 100 list.[37] On June 11, 2008, Tisdale was ranked at #94 on Forbes Celebrity 100 list.[38]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes

1998	A Bug's Life	Lead Blueberry Scout	Voice
2001	Donnie Darko	Kim (The Dorky girl)	Brief appearance
	Nathan's Choice	Stephanie	Made for television
2002	The Mayor of Oyster Bay	Nicole	Made for television
2006	High School Musical	Sharpay Evans	Made for television (Disney Channel)
	Whisper of the Heart	Yuko Harada	Voice
2007	High School Musical 2	Sharpay Evans	Made for television (Disney Channel)
	Bring It On: In It to Win It	Herself	Direct to DVD
2008	Picture This	Mandy Gilbert	Made for television (ABC Family). Executive producer
	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Sharpay Evans	Post-Production
2009	They Came From Upstairs	Bethany Pearson	Post-Production

Television

Year Title Role Notes

2001	Charmed	Runaway Teen	Guest Star
2005—2008	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Maddie Fitzpatrick	Main Role
2007	Kim Possible	Camille Leon	Voice / Recurring role
2007—present	Phineas and Ferb	Candace Flynn	Voice
2008—present	The Suite Life on Deck	Maddie Fitzpatrick	Recurring role