Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985, West Deal, New Jersey) is an American actress and singer. She is known for co-starring in the movies "High School Musical", "High School Musical 2" and "High School Musical 3". She also played candy counter girl, Maddie Fitzpatrick, on the Disney Channel television series "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody". She began singing and acting at an early age. Her first studio album was called "Headstrong". Some of her songs are "Be Good to Me", "Headstrong", "Not that Girl" and "Over It". Her newest album is "Guilty Pleasure". The songs on it include "It's Alright It's Ok", "Hot Mess", "Hair" and "Crank it up". Her original hair color is brown but she changed it for the series "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody". She also lends her voice to the animated series "Phineas and Ferb". She has earned up to 2.5 million dollar due to the "High School Musical" movies. Ashley worked on series "Suite Life of Zack and Cody" for three years. She also did one episode of "Suite Life On Deck".