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Hayden Panettiere

Acting

Born August 21, 1989 · Palisades, New York, USA

Also known as Хейден Панеттьер · Hayden Panetierre · Hayden Leslie Panettiere

Biography

Hayden Lesley Panettiere (/ˌpænətiˈɛər/ PAN-ə-tee-AIR; born August 21, 1989) is an American actress and singer. She has starred as Claire Bennet on the NBC superhero series Heroes (2006–2010), Kirby Reed in the slasher horror franchise Scream (2011–2023), and Juliette Barnes in the ABC/CMT musical drama series Nashville (2012–2018). The latter earned her two nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Panettiere first appeared on-screen in a commercial in 1990 at eleven months old. Her full-time acting career began in 1994 when she played Sarah Roberts in the ABC soap opera series One Life to Live until 1997. She played Lizzie Spaulding in the CBS soap opera  Guiding Light from 1996 to 2000. For her role in the Pixar film A Bug's Life (1998), she was nominated for a Young Artist Award and a Grammy Award, making her the 5th youngest nominee for a Grammy. Panettiere has starred in the Lifetime Television film "If You Believe", Disney football drama film Remember the Titans (2000), the final season of the Fox legal comedy-drama series Ally McBeal (2002), the comedy-drama film Raising Helen (2004), the Disney Channel original patriotic film Tiger Cruise (2004), the horse racing comedy film Racing Stripes (2005), the figure skating drama film Ice Princess (2005), the teen cheerleading film Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006), the romantic comedy film I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009), the true crime drama film Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011), and the drama film Custody (2016). She voiced Kairi and Xion in the video game series Kingdom Hearts (2002–2017) and Samantha "Sam" Giddings in the video game Until Dawn (2015). Description above from the Wikipedia article Hayden Panettiere, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Genesis Award · 2008
  • Saturn Awards · 2007
  • Saturn AwardBest Actress on Television · 2006

Filmography50+ titles

Minds in the Water

2012as Self

Malcolm in the Middle

2000as Jessica

The Cove

2009as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Ashley Austin Black

Remember the Titans

2000as Sheryl Yoast

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

2008as Fairy Princess Willow (voice)

The Pixar Story

2007as Dot (voice) (archive footage)

Robot Chicken

2005as Cheetara / Ramona / Seuss Sister (voice)

Commander in Chief

2005as Stacy

Heroes

2006as Claire Bennet

If You Believe

1999as Young Susan Stone / Alice Stone

Conan

2010as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Touched by an Angel

1994as Diana

Amber Alert

2024as Jaq

American Dad!

2005as Ashley (voice)

A Bug's Life

1998as Dot (voice)

Scream VI

2023as Kirby Reed

Custody

2016as Ally Fischer

Klitschko

2011as Self

Nashville

2012as Juliette Barnes

Bring It On: All or Nothing

2006as Britney

Dinosaur

2000as Suri (voice)

Scream 4

2011as Kirby Reed

Ally McBeal

1997as Maddie Harrington

Lip Sync Battle

2015as Self

Ice Princess

2005as Gen Harwood

Project Runway

2004as Self - Guest Judge

Message in a Bottle

1999as Girl on Sinking Boat

Fireflies in the Garden

2008as Young Jane

Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy

2011as Amanda Knox

Alpha and Omega

2010as Kate (voice)

I Love You, Beth Cooper

2009as Beth Cooper

Shanghai Kiss

2007as Adelaide Bourbon

Tiger Cruise

2004as Maddie Dolan

Racing Stripes

2005as Channing Walsh

The Forger

2012as Amber

The Dust Factory

2004as Melanie Lewis

The Object of My Affection

1998as Mermaid

Joe Somebody

2001as Natalie Scheffer

The Architect

2006as Christina Waters

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

The Affair of the Necklace

2001as Young Jeanne

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988as Self - Guest

A Breed Apart

2025as Hayden Hearst

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil

2011as Red Riding Hood (voice)

Punk'd

2003as Self

The Hills

2006as Self

Sleepwalker

2026as Sarah

The View

1997as Self