Monique Coleman on Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale Becoming Moms

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Monique Coleman supporting her chap Wildcats? You tin stake connected it.

Indeed, the High School Musical alum couldn’t beryllium happier for Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale arsenic they person each entered their motherhood eras.

“I person not met their children yet but I’m truthful excited to spot them go moms,” Monquie told E! News’ Francesa Amiker astatine the premiere of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place connected Oct. 29. “And I’m conscionable truthful excited for each of us, watching america turn up done the years." (For much from the Wizards Beyond Waverly Place premiere, tune into E! News tonight, Oct. 29 astatine 11 p.m.)

In October, Ashley, 39, and her hubby Christopher French, expanded their household with the accomplishment of their 2nd daughter Emerson. The couple’s latest bundle joins their girl Jupiter, 3.

For her part, Vanessa, 35, and her hubby Cole Tucker welcomed their archetypal kid unneurotic successful July. Though Vanessa has yet to uncover her baby’s name, astatine the clip she shared successful a connection via Instagram, "mom dada and babe are blessed and healthy."

And though the ladies of East High person gone their ain way, Monique has inactive been determination to cheer them connected for their milestone moments and observe their idiosyncratic growth. That includes Vanessa and Cole’s Mexico wedding past December.

“I deliberation a batch of times successful Hollywood, radical don’t deliberation that you tin person families, and you tin beryllium a truly well-rounded person,” she said. “I got to spell to Vanessa’s wedding, I cognize that she’s deeply, profoundly successful emotion and it’s truthful exciting.”

Monique isn’t the lone idiosyncratic excited to spot the Wildcat household grow. Zac Efron, who antecedently dated Vanessa, gushed astir his friend’s becoming moms.

"They're gonna beryllium the champion moms ever," Zac told Access Hollywood at the A Family Affair premiere June 13. "Those girls, are you kidding me? We're gonna person immoderate amusive household reunions coming up."

Keep speechmaking to spot what the remainder of the High School Musical formed is up to today…

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Zac Efron (Troy Bolton)

Professional Life: The High School Musical films made Efron an authoritative Hollywood superstar and helium landed roles successful movies specified arsenic 17 AgainCharlie St. CloudThat Awkward MomentNeighbors and its sequel, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates and the large surface adaptation of Baywatch, wherever helium got to showcase his now-notoriously blistery physique alongside Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

In 2017, helium returned to his philharmonic roots (he besides sang in the 2007 film Hairspray) with a relation in The Greatest Showman. After playing the infamous Ted Bundy successful the 2019 Netflix movie Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, helium signed connected for an escapade docus-series entitled Killing Zac Efron, that, ironically, really astir killed him. Now, you tin drawback him in Iron Claw oregon cheque retired his star connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Personal Life: Efron dated Vanessa Hudgens, who played his onscreen emotion involvement Gabriella Montez, for astir 4 years earlier they split successful 2010. He aboriginal dated exemplary Sam Miro betwixt 2014 and 2016. In 2020, he began dating model Vanessa Valladares portion surviving successful Australia. They split aft little than a year.

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Vanessa Hudgens (Gabriella Montez)

Professional Life: After appearing successful each three High School Musical films, Hudgens went connected to prima in films specified arsenic Bandslam, Beastly, Sucker Punch, Spring Breakers, Machete Kills, Second Act and Bad Boys for Life.

"High School Musical was a fantastic journey, but it wholly derailed maine from wherever I primitively saw my vocation going," Hudgens told The Guardian in an August 2018 interview. "I ever wanted to beryllium the indie girl; I ever wanted to beryllium successful the movies wherever I'm playing a cause addict oregon a stripper oregon a prostitute. That was my extremity since I was like, 11."

In 2015, Hudgens made her Broadway debut successful a revival of the musical Gigi. The pursuing year, she returned to her philharmonic roots and played Rizzo successful Fox's Grease Live! Then, successful 2019, she joined Fox's unrecorded staging of Rent. Plus, she starred in Lin-Manuel Miranda's movie adaptation of Rent creator Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical tick, tick...BOOM!

Personal Life: In 2011, a twelvemonth aft Hudgens and Zac Efron split, she began dating actor Austin Butler. The mates divided successful aboriginal 2020. In December 2023, she married MLB prima Cole Tucker aft 3 years of dating. The brace are present expecting their archetypal child

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Ashley Tisdale (Sharpay Evans)

Professional Life: After the High School Musical era, Tisdale continued a popular euphony vocation for a fewer years and enjoyed mean success. Her album, Symptoms, was released successful May 2019. She also appeared successful her ain straight-to-video High School Musical spinoff film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure. In 2010, she starred successful the short-lived but fashionable cheerleader series Hellcats.

Over the years, she went on to person tiny roles connected shows specified as Sons of Anarchy and The Crazy Ones and besides appeared in Scary Movie 5. Plus, she voiced Candace Flynn connected the animated amusement Phineas and Ferb for much than a decade. And, of course, she starred arsenic Maddie connected Disney's Suite Life. Tisdale has besides added shaper to her resume, enforcement producing the Bravo bid Miss Advised and the ABC Family-turned-Freeform sitcom Young & Hungry, which ran for 5 seasons.

Personal Life: The actress wed Christopher French successful 2014.  In September 2020, Tisdale announced she is large with her archetypal child. The duo welcomed daughter Jupiter Iris French successful March 2021 and announced they're expecting their 2nd successful a March 2024 announcement.

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Lucas Grabeel (Ryan Evans)

Professional Life: Post HSM, Grabeel played Toby Kennish connected ABC Family-turned-Freeform's Switched astatine Birth. He has besides voiced characters connected animated shows specified as Family Guy, Elena of Avalor, Sheriff Callie's Wild West, Spirit Riding Free and Pinky Malinky. In 2019, helium appeared arsenic himself successful Disney+'s meta-series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

Personal Life: The actor has been successful a narration with actress Emily Morris for respective years.

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Corbin Bleu (Chad Danforth)

Professional Life: Bleu went connected to prima in Ashton Kutcher's short-lived play series, The Beautiful Life: TBL, and played Jeffrey King connected One Life to Life. He besides had roles connected The Good Wife, Blue BloodsCastleDrop Dead DivaThe FostersThe Middle, Chicago Med and Supergirl. In 2013, helium competed on Dancing With the Stars and placed 2nd with partner Karina Smirnoff.

Bleu made his Broadway debut successful 2010 with In the Heights. The pursuing year, helium appeared successful a revival of Godspell and successful 2016, helium starred successful the archetypal philharmonic Holiday Inn. He returned to the signifier successful 2019 successful a revival of Kiss Me, Kate.

In December 2021, helium and fellow HSM alum Monique Coleman co-starred successful the Lifetime movie A Christmas Dance Reunion.

Personal Life: In 2016, helium married Sasha Clements, prima of the Disney Channel movie How to Build a Better Boy.

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Monique Coleman (Taylor McKessie)

Professional Life: The actress went connected to prima connected the sitcom Here We Go Again and the drama movie We Are Family. In 2018, her online speech amusement Gimme Mo transitioned to TV for a little tally connected Discovery Life. In December 2021, she and chap HSM alum Corbin Bleu reunited for the Lifetime movie A Christmas Dance Reunion. She besides made an quality connected the last play of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

Personal Life: Though she married Walter Jordan successful 2012, they yet divorced successful 2022.

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Bart Johnson (Coach Jack Bolton)

Professional Life: The histrion appeared connected shows specified arsenic The Client List and NCIS: Los Angeles and the Amazon series Gortimer Gibbon's Life connected Normal Street. He besides appeared successful a 2018 movie adaptation of Little Women. For a while, helium operated the Johnson Mill Bed & Breakfast adjacent Park City, Utah. 

Personal Life: The actor has been joined to Robyn LivelyBlake Lively's sister, since 1999. They stock 3 children.

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Chris Warren Jr. (Zeke Baylor)

Professional Life: He starred connected shows specified arsenic Good Luck Charlie, The Hard Times of RJ Berger and The Fosters. In 2019, helium starred successful ABC's short-lived play Grand Hotel.

Personal Life: In 2019, helium joined British TV big and histrion Layla Kayleigh.

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Alyson Reed (Ms. Darbus)

Professional Life: Already an established actress erstwhile HSM debuted, she aboriginal went connected to prima connected shows similar Desperate Housewives, Bones, Modern Family, Silicon Valley and the Hulu bid Chance.

Personal Life: The accomplished signifier prima paid a visit to the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series acceptable successful 2019. "I emotion the show!" she explained. "It's truthful great, truthful clever, truthful creative, and there's specified heart, and it's conscionable terrific." 

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Olesya Rulin (Kelsi Nielsen)

Professional Life: The Russian-American actress went connected to prima connected shows specified arsenic Greek and the PlayStation Network's Powers. Plus, she was featured on NCIS: Los Angeles, SEAL Team and more.

Personal Life: She joined entrepreneur Joseph Noel Pauline successful 2021. The pursuing year, they announced they had welcomed a babe girl, Ondine Michelle Pauline, together.

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KayCee Stroh (Martha Cox)

Professional Life: Post-HSM, she starred in The League, Shapetown, USA and Andi Mack. She besides made an quality connected a 2019 occurrence of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series arsenic good arsenic 2020's The Disney Family Singalong.

Personal Life: In 2009, she joined Ben Higginson. The mates person since welcomed 2 daughters, Zetta Lee and Lettie Louise.

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