Who has Zac Efron dated? His many relationships, from Vanessa Hudgens to Alexandra Daddario

Jul 2 , 2024

Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario (left), Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson and Zac Efron (right). Photo: @zacefron/Instagram, @highschoolmusical/Instagram, @ZacEfron/X

At the premiere of A Family Affair, Efron reacted to ex-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens’ pregnancy, saying she’s going to be ‘the best mum ever’

When Zac Efron’s latest film, Netflix’s A Family Affair, premiered in Los Angeles last month, interviewers took the opportunity to seek his thoughts about some IRL family news. Namely, his former co-stars Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens recently announcing their pregnancies.

“Oh, they’re going to be the best mums ever, those girls. Are you kidding me? Oh my gosh,” gushed Efron. “Yeah, we’re going to have some fun family reunions coming up.”

Efron first shot to superstardom in the High School Musical movies and famously dated Hudgens both on and off screen.

But who else has Efron dated over the years? Read on to find out.

1. Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens in her Instagram profile photo. Photo: @vanessahudgens/Instagram

Efron and Hudgens’ love story began in 2005 during their audition for High School Musical. The lovebirds always got paired up in casting calls, and their chemistry was obvious from the beginning. “I was like, ‘They’re not trying us with other people.’ For some reason we kept sticking around [for callbacks],” Efron said in an interview with Disney in 2007. “I don’t know what it was with Vanessa, but we kind of clicked from the beginning.” The pair were soon dating in real life too.

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens on set of High School Musical 3. Photo: @highschoolmusical/Instagram

Although it’s no secret that the lovey-dovey duo were an item, they didn’t go public until the 2007 release of Hudgens’ music video for “Say OK”, starring Efron as her love interest. By 2009, engagement rumours started to circulate – but Hudgens clarified that marriage was not on the cards at that moment. “I’m so focused on my career right now that [getting married and starting a family] doesn’t really cross my mind,” she said in a People interview.

Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron in High School Musical. Photo: @highschoolmusical/Instagram

After five years of dating though, the pair called it quits in 2010 due to the lack of face-to-face time in their long-distance relationship, per Marie Claire.