Hayden Leslie Panettiere (born August 21, 1989) is an American actress and singer. Her last name is pronounced "Pan-Uh-Teeh-Aireh."
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| Born | Hayden Leslie Panettiere |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Biography
Early life
Panettiere was born in Palisades, New York to Lesley Vogel and Skip Panettiere. She has Italian ancestry.[1] (Panettiere means baker in Italian). Her mother also used to be an actress.
Career
She began appearing in commercials at just eleven months old (in a commercial for Playskool)| before landing a role as Sarah Roberts on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and later as the child Lizzie Spaulding on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light when she was eight years old. Panettiere played the role until 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.
Since that time, she has appeared in over a dozen full-length feature films, as well as several made-for-TV movies. She has also had a starring role in FOX's Ally McBeal and a recurring guest role in Malcolm in the Middle. She also recently appeared on an episode of Punk'd, as an accomplice in punking her boyfriend, Stephen Colletti. She also has guest starred in Law & Order: SVU. Panettiere currently stars as Claire Bennet in the NBC series Heroes as a high school cheerleader with a healing factor.
Neutrogena made her the cover girl for their new worldwide ad campaign; in this regard Panettiere followed in the footsteps of actresses Josie Bissett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore, Kristin Kreuk, Mischa Barton and Jennifer Freeman.
Hayden was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for A Bug's Life Read-Along [2000].[1]
Panettiere also provided the voice of Kairi, one of the main characters of Square Enix/Disney's Kingdom Hearts series.
Music
Another current project for Panettiere is a music album. She has recorded several singles for various films such as Disney's Ice Princess, the Disney Channel Original Movie Tiger Cruise, Cinderella III, and the feature film Bridge to Terabithia. She also recorded a song for Girl Next, a compilation album of various up and coming female singers, the song is called "Your New Girlfriend". J.R. Rotem has been confirmed as a producer for her debut album [2]. Hayden recently posted a blog on her official Myspace page stating that her album will be released on May 8, 2007[3].
Panettiere currently lives in Palisades, New York with her parents and younger brother, Jansen (who is also an actor), though she travels frequently for movies and other projects. She also resides in Los Angeles, California; Orlando, Florida; and in Warren, Michigan.
Personal Life
Panettiere currently lives in Palisades, New York with her parents and younger brother, Jansen (who is also an actor), though she travels frequently for movies and other projects. She also resides in Los Angeles, California; Orlando, Florida; and in Warren, Michigan. She is also currently dating Travis Armstrong aka Batman Friends with Michael Moore, Derek Meadows, Justin McCrary and Austin McCrary. In Decemember 2006, Star Magazine reported Hayden as romantically linked to music producer Jonathan "J,R." Rotem.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006 | The Architect | Christina Waters | |
| 2006 | Heroes | Claire Bennet | TV series |
| 2006 | Bring It On: All or Nothing | Britney Allen | Direct-to DVD |
| 2005 | Ice Princess | Gen Harwood | |
| Racing Stripes | Channing Walsh | ||
| 2004 | Lies My Mother Told Me | Haylei Sims | TV film |
| The Dust Factory | Melanie Lewis | ||
| Raising Helen | Audrey Davis | TV Film | |
| 2004 | Tiger Cruise | Maddie Dolan | TV film |
| 2003 | Normal | Patty Ann Applewood | |
| 2003 | Malcolm in the Middle | Jessica | TV series |
| 2001 | Joe Somebody | Natalie Scheffer | |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Sheryl Yoast | |
| Dinosaur | Suri | Voice | |
| 1999 | Message in a Bottle | Girl on Sinking Boat | |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | Dot | Voice |
| The Object of My Affection | Mermaid | ||
| 1996 | Guiding Light | Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Spaulding #2 (1996-2000) | Soap Opera |
| 1994 | One Life to Live | Sarah 'Flash' Roberts #3 (1994-1997) | Soap Opera |
Discography
Albums
| Album Cover | Album Information |
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Soundtracks
- 2003 Someone Like You — from The Dust Factory OST
- 2004 My Hero Is You — from Tiger Cruise (Found on Disney Channel Hits: Take 2 CD)
- 2005 I Fly — from Ice Princess OST
- 2006 That Girl? — from Bring It On: All or Nothing OST
Footnotes
- ^ "hayden panettiere on the tony danza show". The Tony Danza Show. Retrieved 2006-11-30.
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External links
- myspace.com/hayden_luvs_u[her official myspace]
- Hayden Panettiere at IMDb
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