Hayden Panettiere's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Heroes Claire Bennet Malcolm in the Middle Jessica Nashville Juliette Ba… Ally McBeal Maddie Harr… Heroes Unmasked (UK) Claire Bennet

Main Movie Roles 2011 - Scream 4 2010 - Alpha and Omega 2009 - The Cove 2009 - I Love You, Beth Cooper 2008 - Fireflies in the Garden 2007 - Shanghai Kiss 2006 - The Architect 2005 - Racing Stripes 2005 - Ice Princess 2004 - The Dust Factory 2004 - Raising Helen 2001 - Joe Somebody 2001 - The Affair of the Necklace 2000 - Remember the Titans 2000 - Dinosaur 1999 - Message in a Bottle 1998 - A Bug's Life 1998 - The Object of My Affection

BIOGRAPHY:

Hayden Leslie Panettiere was born on 21st August 1989 in Palisades, New York. She still lives in New York with her parents, Lesley Vogel (I) and Skip Panettiere, and younger brother Jansen Panettiere. Her mom got her started in the business by doing commercials when she was just 11 months old. Then, at only 4 1/2, she was cast on the soap opera "One Life to Live" (1968), where she remained until 1997. Since then, she has gone on to appear in many feature films and TV movies. But she is probably best known in the United States for her role as "Claire" on the hit TV show "Heroes" (2006/II).

As for movies, Hayden starred in Remember the Titans (2000) with Denzel Washington and Joe Somebody (2001) with Tim Allen (I). When Hayden isn't working, she enjoys singing, dancing, horseback riding, gymnastics, taking piano lessons, and swimming.

She has been involved with many animated movies, beginning with A Bug's Life (1998) as "Dot", later to follow was Dinosaur (2000), the video game Kingdom Hearts (2002) (VG), and The Mark of Kri (2002) (VG). Her next movie is Racing Stripes (2005), a partly animated film, but Hayden will star in the human role; other cast members include the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Dustin Hoffman, Joshua Jackson and Mandy Moore (II).

In 2003, she joined the likes of Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson (I), and Clancy Brown (I) in Jane Anderson (II)'s Normal (2003) (TV) a film about a Midwestern husband and father who announces his plans to have a sex-change operation. In July of the same year, Hayden appeared in a John Guare play, "Landscape of the Body", for the Williamstown theater festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts.


TRIVIA:

• Despite impressing producers with her audition, she lost out the role of Ariel Moore in _Footloose (2010)_ (qv) to 'Julianne Hough' (qv).
• 7/21/98: Soap Opera Magazine's star of the week.
• Has two dogs, named Penny Lane and Madison.
• Is a vegan.
• Has appeared in over 50 commercials.
• 2000: Was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for _A Bug's Life (1998)_ (qv) Read-Along.
• Parents are: 'Lesley Vogel (I)' (qv), a former soap opera actress; and Alan L. "Skip" Panettiere, a fire department lieutenant. Coincidentally, Hayden's first rescue on _"Heroes" (2006/II)_ (qv) was from a train wreck fire.
• Voted #6 in FHM 100 Sexiest 2007.