Hayden Panettiere

Age: 20
Height: 5' 1

Birth Place: Palisades, New York, USA
Born: Aug. 21st, 1989

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Hayden Panettiere's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Heroes	Claire Bennet
Malcolm in the Middle	Jessica
Ally McBeal	Maddie Harr…
Heroes Unmasked (UK)	Claire Bennet

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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:

In _"The Guiding Light" (1952)_ (qv), 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.
Despite impressing producers with her audition, she lost out the role of Ariel Moore in _Footloose (2010)_ (qv) to 'Julianne Hough' (qv).
Has a partnership with United States Postal Inspection Service and the National Center For Missing And Exploited Children in a campaign against online predators, called 2 SMRT 4U.
Her last name is pronounced "Pan-Uh-Tee-Air-Ee"; the Italian translation is "Baker".
Is a vegan.
Is best friends with Daniella Morris.
Was originally cast to play Sarah Altman in _Panic Room (2002)_ (qv) but was later replaced by 'Kristen Stewart (I)' (qv).
An active supporter of ALF (Animal Liberation Front), she is the second-ever recipient of The Wyler Award (which honors a celebrity who has raised awareness of animal issues) for her on-the-ground work to expose Japan's slaughter of dolphins.