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 2002, she starred in a notable
TV commercial for
Fruit Gushers, in which her head transformed into an oversized orange. She also starred in a
T-Mobile commercial with
Catherine Zeta-Jones and was in a Toys r Us commercial with
Abigail Breslin.
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. She was also cast in Disney Channel Original Movie
High School Musical, which became a major success for the channel after its premiere on
January 20,
2006. Tisdale also auditioned for the role of Erin Ulmer in
Final Destination 3 but lost out to Canadian actress
Alexz Johnson.
Tisdale was cast as
Sharpay Evans in
Disney Channel Original Movies,
High School Musical. Tisdale had originally auditioned for the role of
Gabriella Montez, but was eventually cast as Sharpay Evans, because it was felt that her
alto voice suited a darker character. She reprised her role as Sharpay Evans in
High School Musical 2 which premiered on
August 17,
2007. She appeared in the
Disney Channel Games 2006 as captain of the Green Team. Tisdale is also appearing in the second rendition of the Disney Channel Games this year. More recently, Tisdale signed a deal with
Staples, Inc. to appear in the promotional campaign for the company's "Geared 4 School" sweepstakes in the fall. Tisdale will also have a supporting role in the Disney Channel cartoon
Phineas and Ferb.
Tisdale appeared in the second episode of Season 8 of
MTV's
Punk'd in which, she visits a children's hospital and sings "Kiss the Girl" to a little boy in a coma. Midway through the song, the boy wakes up. As she was singing, the lyrics were censored out, as MTV did not own the rights to the song. She also appeared in an episode where she helped
Ashton Kutcher to punk her good friend and
High School Musical co-star
Zac Efron.
Tisdale told JustJared.com during an interview at the
2007 MTV Movie Awards that she will be filming a movie in
August. On
July 18,
2007, MTV News confirmed in an article interview with Ashley Tisdale, that the movie is titled
Picture this. This father-daughter movie features Tisdale as Mandy, an unpopular girl working at Petco. She's going to work with
Robbie Amell. Ashley states she will probably return to her natural brunette hair color for this movie.
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