48 Facts About Hayden Panettiere

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Hayden Lesley Panettiere is an American actress, model, and singer.

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Hayden Panettiere appears in the meta-slasher horror franchise Scream, portraying tomboy film geek Kirby Reed.

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Hayden Panettiere's full-time acting career began in 1994 when playing Sarah Roberts on the long-running ABC soap opera series One Life to Live until 1997.

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Hayden Panettiere then went on to play Lizzie Spaulding on one of CBS's own soaps, Guiding Light from 1996 until 2000.

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Hayden Panettiere voiced the characters of Kairi and Xion in the video game series Kingdom Hearts and Samantha "Sam" Giddings in the video game Until Dawn.

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Hayden Panettiere was born and partly raised in Palisades, New York.

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Hayden Panettiere is the daughter of Lesley R Vogel, a former soap opera actress, and Alan Lee "Skip" Panettiere, a captain in the Fire Department of New York City.

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Hayden Panettiere first appeared in commercials at the age of eleven months, beginning with an advertisement for a Playskool toy train.

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Hayden Panettiere landed a role as Sarah Roberts on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live from 1994 to 1997, which was followed by Lizzie Spaulding on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 1996, and again from 1997 to 2000.

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Hayden Panettiere gained greater fame as Claire Bennet in the NBC series Heroes, which was created by Tim Kring, as a high school cheerleader with regenerative healing powers.

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Hayden Panettiere has complained that her acting options are sometimes limited because "people look at [her] as either the popular cheerleader type or just the blonde".

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In early 2007, Hayden Panettiere appeared on the MTV show, Punk'd.

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In March 2012, it was announced Hayden Panettiere had been cast opposite Connie Britton on the ABC musical drama series Nashville, where she portrayed Juliette Barnes.

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Hayden Panettiere made her feature film debut at the age of 9, albeit as a voice actor, for 1998's A Bug's Life, but her first released film was the same year's The Object of My Affection at the age of 8, in which she appears briefly as a mermaid in the school play in the opening scene.

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Hayden Panettiere played the role of Coach Yoast's daughter, Sheryl, in the 2000 Disney film Remember the Titans.

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In 2005, Hayden Panettiere played opposite Michelle Trachtenberg as an ice skating rival in Disney's Ice Princess and lead the screen again, this time, as budding jockey Channing Walsh in 2005's film Racing Stripes.

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In 2006, Hayden Panettiere played a cheerleader in Bring It On: All or Nothing and had a supporting role as Adelaide Bourbon in the 2007 independent film Shanghai Kiss.

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In 2008, Hayden Panettiere appeared in the drama Fireflies in the Garden as a younger version of Emily Watson's character, Jane Lawrence.

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In July 2009, Hayden Panettiere starred in the teen comedy I Love You, Beth Cooper.

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Hayden Panettiere provided the voice of Kate in 2010's Alpha and Omega.

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In January 2022, Hayden Panettiere briefly reprised her role as Kirby Reed in the Scream 4 sequel Scream in a photograph used in the film, revealing the character to have survived the fourth film's events.

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Hayden Panettiere is credited with "Special Thanks" for the photograph's use as well as a voice cameo.

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On May 2022, it was announced Hayden Panettiere would be returning to the Scream franchise on its upcoming sixth installment, in what marks her first on-screen film appearance since 2018 after a career hiatus.

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Hayden Panettiere voiced Kairi in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, although she was replaced by Alyson Stoner in several sequels; she briefly reprised her role in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and voiced Xion in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

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Hayden Panettiere voiced and modeled the character of Samantha "Sam" Giddings in Until Dawn, which was released on PlayStation 4 on August 25,2015.

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Hayden Panettiere was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1999 for A Bug's Life.

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Hayden Panettiere recorded a song for the Hollywood Records compilation Girl Next and another song entitled "Go to Girl" for Girl Next 2.

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Hayden Panettiere has recorded several songs for Nashville, which were released as singles and included on the show's soundtrack albums.

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Hayden Panettiere made numerous concert appearances associated with the show's touring promotion.

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In 2013, Hayden Panettiere recorded a version of "The Fabric of My Life" for a Cotton Incorporated campaign.

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In late 2006, Neutrogena made Hayden Panettiere the cover girl for their new worldwide ad campaign; following in the footsteps of actresses Kristin Kreuk, Josie Bissett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore, Mischa Barton, Gabrielle Union and Jennifer Freeman.

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In February 2008, Kohl's announced that Hayden Panettiere would be their next Candie's spokesperson.

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In 2009, Hayden Panettiere was one of the celebrities featured in the coffee table book Room 23, produced by Diana Jenkins and photographed by Deborah Anderson.

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Hayden Panettiere began dating her Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia in December 2007, when she was 18 and he was 30.

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In 2009, Hayden Panettiere met then-world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko at the book launch party for mutual acquaintance Diana Jenkins' Room 23, in which both Hayden Panettiere and Klitschko were featured.

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Hayden Panettiere was ringside for Klitschko's knockout victory over Samuel Peter on September 11,2010.

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Hayden Panettiere confirmed reports that she and Klitschko had resumed their romantic relationship in an April 2013 interview.

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In 2007, Hayden Panettiere became an official supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities and is a member of their celebrity board, called the Friends of RMHC.

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On October 31,2007, Hayden Panettiere joined with The Whaleman Foundation to try to disrupt the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.

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Hayden Panettiere was involved in a confrontation between Japanese fishermen and five other surfers of the group from Australia and the United States.

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On January 28,2008, Hayden Panettiere handed a letter of protest to the Norwegian ambassador in the US arguing that Norway should stop its hunt for whales.

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Hayden Panettiere delivered a letter to the Japanese ambassador calling for the end of Japan's hunting of whales.

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At a 2007 Greenpeace event in Anchorage, Alaska, Hayden Panettiere defended aboriginal whaling, saying that there is a difference between commercial whaling and the whaling practiced by aboriginal tribes in the US.

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In May 2008, Hayden Panettiere was involved in an eBay auction to benefit Save the Whales Again, a campaign of The Whaleman Foundation.

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Hayden Panettiere subsequently made clear her intention to vote for Barack Obama and urged other young people to vote.

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Hayden Panettiere has long supported the statehood movement in the District of Columbia.

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Hayden Panettiere was a teen ambassador for the Candie's Foundation, whose mission is to prevent teen pregnancy.

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In July 2020, Hayden Panettiere advocated for victims of domestic abuse to come forward and share their stories, specifically after she herself had gone through abuse.