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.
Gloriously scoring great in the two previous years through her roles in Disney Channel's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and "High School Musical", Ashley Tisdale appears to not waste time indeed in aiming to expand her success throughout the early period of 2007, especially in music scene. Apart from her upcoming stint in "High School Musical 2: Sing It All or Nothing!", the starlet devotedly keeps sticking to her schedule of live gigs around the U.S as part of the "High School Musical" tour which she has been carrying out since late November 2006 alongside fellow cast members like Vanessa Hudgens and Lucas Grabeel. For the rest of January 2007, venues include those in Auburn Hills, Indianapolis, Chicago, Kansas City, and Anaheim before the tour gets concluded on date 29 at Los Angeles' Staples Center.
Ashley’s acting credits include a featured role in the film “Donnie Darko” with Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Duval. She was a series regular on “Nathan’s Choice,” “Mayor of Oyster Bay” and “The Howie Mandel Pilot,” and had recurring roles on “The George Lopez Show,” “Still Standing” and “The Hughleys.” Guest star roles include “Grounded for Life,” “Strong Medicine,” “Boston Public” and “Seventh Heaven,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Charmed,” “Hannah Montana,” “Once and Again” and “Saturday Night Live.” Ashley also shot the-now-famous
T-mobile commercial with Catherine Zeta-Jones.. On the animated front, Ashley has a recurring role on Disney Channel’s “Kim Possible” and will voice one of the lead characters in the new Disney Channel animated series “Phineas and Ferb.”