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Early Life:
Born in Palisades, New York, Panettiere is the daughter of Lesley R. Vogel, a former soap opera actress, and Alan L. “Skip” Panettiere, a fire department lieutenant. She has one younger brother, fellow actor Jansen Panettiere.
Modeling/Acting career:
Panettiere began modeling at the age of 5 months. She then began appearing in commercials at 11 months, first appearing in an advertisement for Playskool. She landed a role as Sarah Roberts on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live (1994- 1997) and later as Lizzie Spaulding on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light when she was seven years old (1996 - 2000). While on Guiding Light, Panettiere’s character Lizzie battled 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.
Panettiere appears as Claire Bennet in the NBC series Heroes as a high school cheerleader with regenerative healing powers. Due to her role on Heroes, she became a regular on the science fiction convention circuit, invited to attend conventions around the world in 2007, including New York Comic-Con and Fan Expo Canada. In regards to the roles she has played, Panettiere admitted that options are sometimes limited because “people look at [her] as either the ‘popular cheerleader’ type or just ‘the blonde’.”
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 for Disney. In addition, she appeared as the voice of Kairi in the Kingdom Hearts series of video games for the Playstation 2.
Panettiere appeared on FOX’s Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal’s daughter, and had a recurring guest role on Malcolm in the Middle. She guest starred in Law & Order: SVU and played Sheryl Yoast in the film Remember the Titans. She starred in Bring It On: All or Nothing as a cheerleader and had a supporting role as Adelaide Bourbon in the recently released independent film Shanghai Kiss.
She appeared in the upcoming drama film Fireflies in the Garden as a younger version of Emily Watson’s character, Jane Lawrence. In June 2007, she signed with the William Morris Agency, after previously being represented by United Talent Agency. Forbes estimated that she earned $2 million in 2007.
In early 2007, Panettiere appeared on the syndicated Ashton Kutcher-produced show, Punk’d. The appearance was engineered by her mother and involved a male “fan” discussing her work with her, instigating a jealous reaction from the man’s spouse.
Singing Career:
Panettiere was nominated for a Grammy in 1999 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for A Bug’s Life Read-Along [2000].[13] Panettiere is featured on the soundtrack to Bring It On: All or Nothing alongside her co-star Solange Knowles. She recorded a song titled “I Fly” for the Disney movie “Ice Princess” she starred in. She recorded a song titled “Try” for the 2007 Bridge to Terabithia soundtrack. She recorded a ballad for Cinderella III: A Twist in Time called “I Still Believe.” Hayden also has an album coming out in Mid 2008. The album is yet to be titled.
Endorsement:
In September 2007, Panettiere appeared in a Heroes-themed Got Milk? ad photographed by Annie Leibovitz.
In February 2008, Kohl’s announced that Panettiere would be their next Candie’s spokesperson. She will be following the likes of Fergie and Hilary Duff.
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