 Ashley Michelle 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 Jewish and 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 received 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.
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 appearance 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.
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. 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". 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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).
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. 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. The album was re-released again in a limited Deluxe Edition format, released only in Germany with the DVD.
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. The album has been certified Gold in the U.S. for reaching 500,000 copies shipped. and was nominated as #6 on "Album of The Year" by Billboard Readers' Choice. 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?".
As part of her deal with Degree, 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". The songs are available to download in the official site, unlocked only with special codes, received in different packages of the deodorant.
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 as "I Want It All" and "A Night to Remember". Tisdale will present an award in MTV's Video Music Awards 2008 alongside the rest of High School Musical 3: Senior Year's cast.
In a Extra! interview she stated that she recorded a couple of songs as of April 2008 for her next album and after shooting High School Musical 3 she will focus her attention on her second album. Also, she is currently working on her sophomore album, set to be released on 2009.
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. On March 17, 2008, Tisdale teamed up with "Huckleberry Toys" to produce a limited edition of dolls modelled after herself. 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.
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