Best Known As: Television Actor

Gist:  Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress, singer-songwriter and television producer. Tisdale's first major role as an actress 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 made music history by becoming the first female artist to debut with two songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top".

After her first High School Musical appearance, she pursued a solo music career and on February 6, 2007, she released her debut album Headstrong. The album debuted at number five on the U.S. charts, selling over 64,000 copies in the first week, and was later certified Gold. Tisdale has a supporting role as Candace Flynn in Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb. Tisdale's second studio album, Guilty Pleasure was first released on June 16, 2009 and in North America on July 28, 2009. Tisdale starred in the 2009 feature film, Aliens in the Attic as Bethany Pearson.

Life Facts:  Tisdale began working on her second solo album entitled Guilty Pleasure in early 2008. In a April 2008 interview, she stated she has recorded several songs for the album. Tisdale also stated her album would include "more rock and edgier" music. The album's lead single, "It's Alright, It's OK", was released on April 14, 2009 in the United States in airplay and digital formats. Guilty Pleasure was released on June 11, 2009 and had a North American release on July 28, 2009. Tisdale is featured in Boys Like Girls's "Love Drunk" music video.

Tisdale starred in the 20th Century Fox film, Aliens in the Attic with Robert Hoffman and Carter Jenkins, she has a production company named Blondie Girl Productions and as of June 2009, is working in two projects. Tisdale has collaborated with Jessica Horowitz to create an animated series, After Midnight which is currently being shopped around for distribution.

Tisdale underwent a septoplasty procedure on November 30, 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.

In January 2007, Blender magazine said, "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!". 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". She was ranked #10 in Maxim's 2008 Hot 100 list. and was ranked at #94 on 2008 Forbes' Celebrity 100 list. She has appeared on the magazine cover of Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Shape and other magazines during her career. Tisdale is cited several times in David Denby's book Snark. She was ranked #6 in "Forbes' Hollywood's 10 Top-Paid Tweens" list and earned $2.8 million for her performance in High School Musical 3. In 2008, Tisdale was ranked #17 in "Forbes' High Earners Under 30" list. Tisdale is a volunteer for "Get on the Bus" 2009 campaign promoted by the reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.