Vanessa Hudgens' First Role Was In This Holiday Classic When She Was 3!

Vanessa Hudgens wears a “Get Lit” light up sweater on Live with Kelly & Ryan on Friday (December 21) in New York City.

The 30-year-old Rent: Live actress joined the co-hosts for their holiday sweater party.

While on the show, Vanessa talked about her early roles in classic holiday shows on stage.

“I was like three years old, it was The Nativity Story,” she dished. “I was mother Mary. I told my parents, ‘I need a doll!’ or however a three-year-old speaks to their parents, and they were like, ‘Okay’. So they got me a little doll and I was like, ‘I need to be at school at this time.’ And they showed up.”

Watch Vanessa recount the story below, and see a clip of her in How The Grinch Stole Christmas when she was nine years old.

Watch more of Vanessa Hudgens’ “Live with Kelly & Ryan interview inside…