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Hayden Panettiere began her life in show business at four years old, appearing in the cast of the popular US soap opera One Life to Live. She did many roles as a child actor, gaining wider recognition when she starred alongside Denzel Washington in the 2000 sports drama Remember the Titans.
Later, she rose to wider fame starring as the cheerleader Claire Bennet in cult sci-fi series Heroes. The show ran from 2006 to 2010.
Hayden Panettiere dead at 36
Moreover, her role as country singer Juliette Barnes in TV series Nashville earned her two Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
Earlier this year, in her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning, Hayde Penattiere recalled the struggles growing up as a child actor, as well as the experiences she later faced with addiction, abuse, and recovery.
In May, speaking with CBS News, she recalled how her mother dragged along her “eight-month-old baby into audition rooms.”
“It went from there and progressed into 50 commercials by the time I was five… It just never stopped,” Hayden explained.
Panettiere is survived by her daughter, Kaya, with her ex-partner, Ukrainian former world heavyweight champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko