She also starred in the 2013 film "Gimme Shelter" with Brendan Fraser, written and directed by Ron Krauss. Later that year, Hudgens played Cindy Paulson in "The Frozen Ground", a film based on the Robert Hansen case wherein she plays his only victim who escaped. She co-starred with John Cusack and Nicolas Cage. In 2015, Hudgens took on the title role in a production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's "Gigi", which opened at the Kennedy Center from January 16 to February 12, before transferring to Broadway on April 8. The production closed on June 21.