High School Musical cast – where are they now?

Troy Bolton had that long fringe waaaay before Justin Bieber came onto the scene. He loved Gabriella but was torn between singing and basketball and of course, he had that dad who was trying to make his son live out his own dream. Classic.

After High School Musical 3 ended, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens continued to date but it wasn't to last and after four years together they split. He has been rumoured to date Taylor Swift, Rebecca Ferguson (The Greatest Showman actress not from The X Factor) and Lily Collins. He's continued acting and has been seen in 17 Again, Baywatch and The Greatest Showman.

Gabriella Montez - Now we look back at her we realise how annoying she was. Every minute she was singing for no apparent reason. Also let's not forget when she went to university without telling anyone - including her boyfriend Troy. Rude.

After starring on High School Musical, Vanessa Hudgens went on to launch her singing career. She then took a break from singing and returned to acting and starred in Beastly, The Princess Switch and Baby Boys for Life. After splitting from Zac Efron and apparently seeing Josh Hutcherson, she went on to date Austin Butler (very fit, tbh) but they split after 10 years together. We're still devo about it.

We feel bad that it took us years to realise that Sharpay Evans was a true queen. All she wanted to do was sing and help Troy with his career but Gabriella arrived and messed everything up.

Before starring on High School Musical, Disney fans knew Ashley Tisdale as Maddie Fitzpatrick in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. She's since released three albums, starred in Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure and appeared in Scary Movie 5. She's also married and you can see her hubby in her TikTok videos.

Ahh Ryan. Deep down he was a good guy who just went along with his sister's plan to ruin Troy and Gabriella's relationship - obsessed. Towards the end of the trilogy he went on to date Kesli. Bless.

Lucas Grabeel has continued acting in The Adventures of Food Boy, he starred on Family Guy and appeared on Smallville. If you have a scroll on his Instagram account you'll see photos of him travelling around the world.

Ahh Chad Danforth. Troy's BFF and well known for singing he can't dance, despite the fact he was dancing throughout the entire song. He was obsessed with basketball and in the third movie he plucked up the courage to ask Taylor out to the dance.

As well as starring on High School Musical; Corbin went on feature in Disney's movie Jump In!, star on the Broadway show In The Heights and Dancing with the Stars. He has also released two albums and married his wife in 2016 after meeting her in a supermarket. Obsessed.

Taylor McKessie was quick to take Gabriella under her wing but when Gabs' singing started preventing her from putting her all into the science club, she teamed up with Chad to stop the lovebirds from singing. She soon changed her tune and ended up being BFF's with Gabriella.

Fun fact Monique Coleman was actually 26 when she played the role of teenage Taylor in the first High School Musical movie. She's since gone on to star on Dancing with the Stars and got married on Valentine's Day in 2012.

Ahh Zeke Baylor - bless him. He just wanted to bake and pursue things with Sharpay Evans.

Chris Warren has since gone on to star in Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 and Disney's Good Luck Charlie.

Kelsi Neilsen was an unproblematic student who was bullied by Sharpay. She appeared to fancy Jason Cross but in the third movie she took a liking to Ryan Evans.

Since High School Musical 3 ended, Olesya Rulin has continued to act. She's also got a glam AF Instagram account.

We were a big fan of Martha Cox who loved to "pop and lock and jam and break". We can totally relate, tbh.

Kaycee Stroh has continued to act and welcome two girls into the world. She also tied the knot in 2009 and her High School Musical cast mates attended the wedding. Cute.

Coach Jack Bolton is pretty much every dad in every film - didn't pursue his own dream so wants his son to do it instead. However towards the end he finally accepted that his son wanted to plan basketball AND sing - can you believe it?

Bart Johnson acted waaay before HSM and he has continued after. He also owned a B&B but transformed it into a centre for people recovering from drug addiction.