Former High School Musical Star Ashley Tisdale Pregnant With First Child

Former High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale is pregnant with her first child.

Announcing the news on Instagram, the 35-year-old – who played Sharpay Evans in the hit show – shared a snap of her looking down at her bump alongside husband Christopher French:

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A post shared by Ashley Tisdale (@ashleytisdale) on Sep 17, 2020 at 8:00am PDT

The post has received almost two million likes since it was shared yesterday (Thursday) with her 12.8 million followers.

Christopher also shared a similar snap on his profile:

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A post shared by Christopher French (@cmfrench) on Sep 17, 2020 at 8:00am PDT

Writing on his story, he said: “Hey everyone. We are so moved and filled with joy by the amazing and beautiful outpouring of love from all over the world for this little one.

“Thank you so much.”

Many famous friends were among those to congratulate the couple.

Ashley’s former Disney co-star Vanessa Hudgens, who starred as Gabriella in High School Musical, wrote: “Just the freaking cutest.”

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Actor and singer Haylie Duff commented: “Been waiting for this! Can’t wait! Best mama and papa combo!”

The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco said: “OMG congratulations!”

Ashley and film and TV composer Christopher have been married for six years, tying the knot in 2014 a year after getting engaged.

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Six years. There are so many moments, so many tiny fragile little moments that I can look at specifically. Amazing, beautiful bright ones and hard, cloudy difficult ones… we just keep getting closer. I really can’t imagine life without you @ashleytisdale. I love you endlessly, Happy Anniversary :sparkles::heart::sparkles: (fav :camera_with_flash: by @eliastahan thank you brother)

A post shared by Christopher French (@cmfrench) on Sep 8, 2020 at 8:50am PDT

As well as starring in High School Musical, Ashley is also well-known for playing Maddie Fitzpatrick in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

She went on to release three albums, the most recent of which was released last year.