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'Hayden Leslie Panettiere' (born August 21, 1989^[1]) is an American actress, singer, and a Grammy Award nominee.

Contents

Family

Career

Film and television

Music

Modeling

Selected filmography

Discography

Albums

Soundtracks

References

External links

Family

Panettiere was born on August 21, 1989¹ to Skip and Leslie Panettiere. She has one younger brother, Jansen Panettiere. She also has two dogs named Penny Lane and Madison.^[2]

Career

Film and television

Hayden began appearing in commercials at 11 months old, first appearing in an advertisement for Playskool Toy Train.^[3] She later landed a role as Sarah Roberts on the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' (1994- 1997) and later as the child Lizzie Spaulding on the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light'' when she was eight years old (1997 - 2001). In ''Guiding Light'', for Hayden's character Lizzie's battle with leukemia, the show received a Special Recognition Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for bringing national awareness of the disease to the attention of daytime viewers.^[4]
She has appeared in over a dozen full-length feature films, as well as several made-for-TV movies. In addition, she had a leading role as the voice of Kairi in the highly successful ''Kingdom Hearts'' series of video games for the Playstation 2. She had a starring role in FOX's ''Ally McBeal'' as Ally McBeal's daughter and a recurring guest role in ''Malcolm in the Middle''. She guest starred in ''. She played Sheryl Yoast in the film ''Remember the Titans''. She starred in ''. She has a younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, who acts in the movie ''The Last Day of Summer''.
Panettiere currently stars as Claire Bennet in the NBC series ''Heroes'' as a high school cheerleader with regenerative healing powers. Due to her role on ''Heroes'', she has become a regular on the science fiction convention circuit, having been invited to attend many popular conventions around the world in 2007, including New York Comic-Con and Fan Expo Canada.
She will later appear in the drama film ''Fireflies in the Garden'' as a younger version of Emily Watson's character Jane Lawrence. Coincidentally, George Newbern, who played Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts II alongside Panettiere, will also appear in the film.
In June 2007, she signed with the William Morris Agency to represent her in her endeavors. She was previously represented by United Talent Agency. ^[5]
Forbes estimated that she received $2 million dollars in 2007.^[6]

Music

Panettiere was nominated for a Grammy in 1999 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for ''A Bug's Life Read-Along'' [2000].^[7]
She is currently working on her debut album, which was originally planned for release on May 8, 2007. The album, however, has been pushed back several times. It was first pushed back until August, then to December. ''Entertainment Weekly'' later confirmed that the album would now be released in 2008.

Modeling

Neutrogena made her the cover girl for their new worldwide ad campaign;^[8] following in the footsteps of actresses Josie Bissett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore, Kristin Kreuk, Mischa Barton, Gabrielle Union and Jennifer Freeman.
She was voted sixth on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2007.^[9]
[10] Hayden Panettiere is the cover girl, and number one star, in ''Entertainment Weekly's "The EW 100: The Stars We Love Right Now" issue, June 29/July 6, 2007.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Genre
1994	''One Life to Live''	Sarah 'Flash' Roberts #3 (1994–1997)	Soap Opera
1996	''Guiding Light''	Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Spaulding #2 (1996–2000)	Soap Opera
1998	''A Bug's Life''	Dot	Voice
	''The Object of My Affection''	Mermaid	Feature Film
1999	''	Young Doris Duke	TV Miniseries
	''Message in a Bottle''	Girl on Sinking Boat	Feature Film
2000	''Remember the Titans''	Sheryl Yoast	Feature Film
	''Dinosaur''	Suri	Voice
2001-2002	''Ally McBeal''	Maddie Harrington	TV Series
2001	''Joe Somebody''	Natalie Scheffer	Feature Film
2001	Law & Order	Ashley	TV Series
2002	''Kingdom Hearts''	Kairi	Video game
2003	''Normal''	Patty Ann Applewood	Feature Film
2003 - 2005	''Malcolm in the Middle''	Jessica	TV series
2004	''Lies My Mother Told Me''	Haylei Sims	TV film
	''The Dust Factory''	Melanie Lewis	Feature Film
	''Raising Helen''	Audrey Davis	Feature Film
2004	''Tiger Cruise''	Maddie Dolan	TV film
2005	''Ice Princess''	Gen Harwood	Feature Film
	''Racing Stripes''	Channing Walsh	Feature Film
2006	''Kingdom Hearts II''	Kairi	Video game
2006	''The Architect''	Christina Waters	Feature Film
2006	''Heroes''	Claire Bennet	TV series
2006	''	Britney Allen	Direct-to DVD movie
2007	''Shanghai Kiss''	Adelaide	Direct-to DVD movie
2008	''Fireflies in the Garden ''	Young Jane Lawrence	Feature Film

Discography

Albums

Album Information
'''Fallen Love''' ★ Release: September 2007 (U.S.) ★ Label: Hollywood Records ★ Peak U.S. Billboard: N/A ★ U.S. sales: N/A ★ RIAA certification: N/A ★ Singles: ★ ★ 2006: "Your New Girlfriend" (Digital Download) ★ ★ 2007: "Go To Girl"

Soundtracks

References

1. Interview with Hayden Panettiere
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3. Profile, Latest News and Related Articles
4. Guiding Light News = 2000
5. 'Heroes' gal cheers for WMA Michael Fleming
6. The Celebrity 100: #98 Hayden Panettiere Edited by Lea Goldman, Monte Burke and Kiri Blakeley
7. 1999 42nd Grammy Awards
8. Hayden Panettiere
9. Heroes Moves to BBC2
10. Full List: FHM 100 Most Sexiest Women 2007

External links

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