Tisdale owns a production company and has worked as an executive producer in movies which included the
ABC Family television film
Picture This. Tisdale has a prominent voice role as
Candace Flynn in Disney Channel's
Phineas & Ferb, a cartoon which became television's most-watched animated series among kids and tweens and had been met with acclaim by critics.
[2][3][4] In 2009, she was cast in her first major broadcast role in
The CW's television series
Hellcats as Savannah Monroe, an intense and very religious cheerleader.
Early life
Tisdale was born in
West Deal,
New Jersey on July 2, 1985,
[5] to Lisa (née Morris) and Mike Tisdale, the manager of a construction company. Her elder sister,
Jennifer Tisdale, is an actress, and her maternal grandfather, Arnold Morris, developed the
Ginsu Knives. Through her grandfather, Tisdale is related to businessman
Ron Popeil.
[6] She grew up in
Ocean Township. She is Jewish on her mother's side and was raised with "a little bit of both" of her parents' religions.
[7] She had a head full of beautiful curly hair, huge eyes and when she looked at me she made the hugest of smiles.
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At the age of three, Tisdale met her current manager, Bill Perlman, at a New Jersey mall. He sent her to numerous auditions for commercials, resulting in her placement in more than 100 national network TV ads as a kid.
[9] She began her theatrical career by appearing in
Gypsy: A Musical Fable and
The Sound of Music at Monmouth County's
Jewish Community Center.
[5][10]At the age of eight, she was cast to play the part of
Cosette in a national touring production of the musical
Les Misérables. "When I was little, I saw the play Les Misérables on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen so I went to my manager and told him I wanted to be in it", said Tisdale in an interview to
Newsday in 2007.
[8] She also claims to have had only a single singing lesson before landing the role.
[8] Tisdale toured for two years on
Les Misérables[11] before landing a role in an international touring production of
Annie[9] in Korea.
[12] At the age of twelve, Tisdale sang at the White House for President
Bill Clinton.
[5] Career
1997–2006
Although the producers of the
Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical did not initially consider her because of her "good-girl image" on
The Suite Life, Tisdale was eventually cast as the popular, narcissistic high school student
Sharpay Evans in the 2006 film.
[8] High School Musical became Disney Channel's most watched movie that year, with 7.7 million viewers in its US premiere broadcast.
[15] The soundtrack, in which Tisdale lent her vocals for several songs, became the top-selling album in the United States that year.
[16] Tisdale became the first female artist to debut with two songs simultaneously on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top", both tracks from the film's soundtrack.
[9] Due to the popularity earned by Tisdale through her performance in
High School Musical,
Warner Bros. Records signed her for a recording contract in July 2006 and she started working on her debut album.
[17] 2007–09
The success of the first
High School Musical film led Tisdale to reprise the role in the 2007 sequel
High School Musical 2. She lent vocals for several tracks in
the film's soundtrack[8] and her performance in
High School Musical 2 was critically acclaimed by many media outlets such as
The Hollywood Reporter.
[23][24][25] Even more successful than the first film,
High School Musical 2 became the most-watched cable-television movie, receiving 17 million viewers on its premiere night.
[26] Also in 2007, Tisdale was given the voice role of Candace Flynn, the series' secondary antagonist, in
Phineas and Ferb and made a vocal contribution to the show's 2009
soundtrack.
[27] The cartoon became television's most-watched animated series among kids and tweens
[2] and had very positive reviews.
[3][4]As a producer,
[28] Tisdale formed her own production company in 2008 and named it
Blondie Girl Productions.
[29] Tisdale had her first lead role in the 2008
ABC Family Original Movie Picture This as Mandy Gilbert, an unpopular and bullied teenager, and she also served as the executive producer of the film,
[30] which captured 4.3 million total viewers in its debut night.
[31]Her second studio album,
Guilty Pleasure, was released in 2009.
[36] Described by Tisdale as a "rocker and edgier" album,
[37] it generated mixed reviews, with a 54% rating on
Metacritic,
[38] and
Billboard claimed the album "doesn't give the singer room to comfortably let loose".
[39] Guilty Pleasure debuted at number twelve on the
Billboard 200, selling 25,000 copies in its first week, archiving a low commercial performance in comparison with her debut album.
[40] The song "
It's Alright, It's OK" was released as the album's lead single in April in airplay and digital formats
[37] and a second single, "
Crank It Up", was later released in October.
[41]Tisdale starred in the 2009
20th Century Fox family feature film
Aliens in the Attic as Bethany Pearson,
[42] the elder sister of the family and although she is credited as one of the main characters,
The New York Times said Tisdale "spends much of the film off screen".
[43] The film was a minor success in box office, grossing $60 million worldwide.
[44] 2010-present
Tisdale during the filming of the TV series
Hellcats in 2010
A
High School Musical spin-off entitled
Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, released
directly in DVD, featured Tisdale reprising her role as Sharpay Evans and also serving as the executive producer.
[60][61] The
Disney Channel Original Movie captured 5 million viewers on its premiere night on Disney Channel.
[62] Tisdale voiced Candance Flynn in the 2011's
Phineas and Ferb movie that premiered on Disney Channel with 7.6 million viewers on its debut night.
[63] In October 2011, it was announced that Tisdale will star in the lead role in an upcoming
ABC sitcom called
Under Construction, which is inspired by her life. She will also serve as executive producer.
[64][65][66] Musical style
Her music is predominantly
pop[1] and has included
ballads and
pop rock.
[67] Love and heartbreak are major themes in Tisdale's songs and her output makes use of electronic instruments such as drum machines and electric guitars. She co-wrote several songs on her studio albums.
[68][69][70] Her musical influences include
Britney Spears,
[1] Christina Aguilera,
[1] Lindsay Lohan,
[1] Avril Lavigne,
[1] Kelly Clarkson,
[71] The Used,
[71] Boys Like Girls,
[71] Michael Jackson,
[72] My Chemical Romance,
[73] Lady Gaga,
[74] and
Fergie[75] and in an
AOL interview, Tisdale said, "I’ve been a big fan of Pink ever since she started. I love Katy Perry’s sense of humor and her pop/rock feel. I love Pat Benatar's music. I’m inspired by all these women when I’m going into the studio, but almost anything inspires me."
[76] Public image and personal life
Tisdale posing for a fan picture at the 2008 "Jingle Ball" sponsored by
Philadelphia's
WIOQ.
Tisdale is represented by
Creative Artists Agency.
[77] In 2007, Tisdale appeared in a promotional campaign for
Staples Inc.'s "Geared 4 School" sweepstakes and appeared in promotional campaigns for
Eckō Red clothing brand, that included a mall tour in the US which performances in fashion shows hosted at each.
[22] She appeared in commercials for
T-Mobile and
Toys "R" Us. She was ranked #10 in
Maxim's 2008 Hot 100 list and was ranked #94 on
Forbes' 2008 Celebrity 100 list.
[78][79] In 2008, Tisdale was ranked #17 in "Forbes' High Earners Under 30" list and earned $2.8 million from
High School Musical 3.
[80] She also teamed up with Huckleberry Toys to produce a limited quantity of dolls modeled after her.
[81] She was the face of
Degree Girl in the U.S. and recorded several commercials and songs to promote the product.
[82] In 2009, Tisdale signed a five-year endorsement contract with Italian clothes line,
Puerco Espin[83] and became a volunteer for the 2009 "Get on the Bus" charity campaign.
[84] In 2011, she joined
Got Milk? campaign.
[85]Tisdale was romantically involved with
Jared Murillo and ended their relationship in March 2009.
[86] In March 2007, Tisdale told
Blender she was drug and alcohol-free, and does not smoke and went on to add, "my mom really instilled confidence in me, so I'm not somebody who'd be under peer pressure".
[87]Tisdale underwent a
septoplasty procedure in November 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 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.
[88]Since 2009, Tisdale has been in a relationship with the music video director
Scott Speer.
[89] Tisdale posed nude for the May 2011 issue of
Allure magazine. She was quoted as saying that "being in this shoot was me saying, ‘I’m not just the young girl everybody thinks I am. I’m actually a woman.’”
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