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Hayden Panettiere Profile |
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Birth Date: August 21, 1989
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Birth Place: Palisades, New York, USA
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Birth Name: Hayden Leslie Panettiere
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Height: 5'1"
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Biography |
Hayden Panettiere is an
American actress, singer, and Grammy Award nominee.
She was born in Palisades, New York, daughter of Lesley
Vogel, a former soap opera actress, and Skip Panettiere, a
fire department lieutenant. She has one younger brother,
fellow actor Jansen Panettiere.
Hayden began appearing in commercials at 11 months old,
first appearing in an advertisement for Playskool Toy Train.
She later landed a role as Sarah Roberts on the ABC soap
opera One Life to Live (1994- 1997) and later as the child
Lizzie Spaulding on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light when
she was eight years old (1997 - 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.
She has appeared in over a dozen full-length feature films,
as well as several made-for-TV movies. She provided the
voice for Dot in the Pixar CGI animated movie A Bug's Life.
In addition, she had a leading role as the voice of Kairi in
the highly successful Kingdom Hearts series of video games
for the Playstation 2. She had a starring role in FOX's Ally
McBeal as Ally McBeal's daughter and a recurring guest role
in Malcolm in the Middle. She guest starred in Law & Order:
SVU. She played Sheryl Yoast in the film Remember the
Titans. She starred in Bring It On: All or Nothing as a
cheerleader.
Panettiere currently stars as Claire Bennet in the NBC
series Heroes as a high school cheerleader with regenerative
healing powers. Due to her role on Heroes, she has become a
regular on the science fiction convention circuit, having
been invited to attend many popular conventions around the
world in 2007, including New York Comic-Con and Fan Expo
Canada. In regards to the roles she has played, Panettiere
admits that options are sometimes limited because "people
look at [her] as either the 'popular cheerleader' type or
just 'the blonde.'"
She will later appear in the drama film Fireflies in the
Garden as a younger version of Emily Watson's character Jane
Lawrence. Coincidentally, George Newbern, who voiced
Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts II (alongside Panettiere) and
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, will also appear in the
film. In June 2007, she signed with the William Morris
Agency to represent her in her endeavors. She was previously
represented by United Talent Agency.
Forbes estimated that she earned $2 million dollars in 2007.
Panettiere was nominated for a Grammy in 1999 for Best
Spoken Word Album for Children for A Bug's Life Read-Along
[2000].
She is currently working on her debut album, which was
originally planned for release on May 8, 2007. The album,
however, has been pushed back several times. It was first
pushed back until August, then to December. Entertainment
Weekly later confirmed that the album would now be released
in 2008. Hayden is featured on the Soundtrack to Bring It
On: All Or Nothing alongside with her co-star Solange
Knowles. It is still unknown if a video for Your New
Girlfriend will be filmed or that it has already been
released.
Neutrogena made her the cover girl for their new worldwide
ad campaign; following in the footsteps of actresses Josie
Bissett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore, Kristin Kreuk,
Mischa Barton, Gabrielle Union and Jennifer Freeman.
She was voted sixth on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women list in
2007. Hayden Panettiere is the cover girl, and number one
star, in Entertainment Weekly's "The EW 100: The Stars We
Love Right Now" issue, June 29, 2007/July 6, 2007. |
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Other
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Began her acting career at 11 months when she appeared in a
commercial for Playskool
Has appeared in over 50 commercials
Childstarlets.com's Actress of the Year, 2000
Parents are Lesley and Skip Panettiere
She takes karate and boxing lessons
Soap Opera Magazine's star of the week, 7/21/98 issue
Appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) on
December 30, 1998.
In "The Guiding Light" (1952), 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.
As Lizzie Spaulding on "The Guiding Light" (1952), Hayden
had to deal with difficult story lines in which she shot and
killed her mother's abuser, been kidnapped, gone through
both of her parents remarrying, and just recently battled
leukemia.
Was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for
Children for A Bug's Life Read-Along [2000]
Hobbies include singing, dancing, horseback riding,
gymnastics, taking piano lessons and swimming.
Her last name was printed wrong in an issue of the
"Discovery Girls" magazine where she was considered an
"Exceptional Tween."
Her mother used to be an actress.
Was originally cast to play Sarah Altman in Panic Room
(2002) but was later replaced by Kristen Stewart.
Older sister of Jansen Panettiere.
She has known Spencer Breslin and Abigail Breslin (her
Raising Helen (2004) co-stars) before they could talk.
Her last name is pronounced "Pan-Uh-Tee-Air-Ee"; the Italian
translation is "Baker".
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 official Myspace friends include Tabitha Fair, Andrew
Johnston, Daniella Morris, Jesse McCartney, Jessy Moss and
Adam Watts.
Of Italian descent.
Is best friends with Daniella Morris.
Has two dogs, named Penny Lane and Madison.
Her surname means "baker" in Italian language. |
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since October 10, 2007
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