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Hayden Panettiere

Birth name Hayden Leslie Panettiere
Born August 21 1989 (1989-08-21) (age 18)
Palisades, New York, U.S.A.
Occupation actress, singer
Years active 1994 - present

Hayden Leslie Panettiere (born August 21, 1989[1]) is an American actress, singer, and Grammy Award nominee. She is best known for her role on the NBC series Heroes as Claire Bennet.

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Biography

Early life and family

She was born in Palisades, New York.[1] daughter of Lesley R. Vogel, a former soap opera actress, and Alan L. "Skip" Panettiere, a fire department lieutenant.[2] She has one younger brother, fellow actor Jansen Panettiere.[3]

Education

Panettiere attended South Orangetown Middle School in New York but following 7th grade, finished her high-school education via home schooling[4] and has postponed higher education due to her dedication to an acting career, though she has expressed an interest in "continuing to learn".[5]

Career

Actress

Hayden began professional modeling at the age of 5 months old. She then began appearing in commercials at 11 months, first appearing in an advertisement for Playskool.[6] 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 seven years old (1996 - 2000). 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. [7]

Hayden Panettiere in London on the Heroes World Tour
Hayden Panettiere in London on the Heroes World Tour

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'."[8]

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.[9] 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. She held a supporting role as Adelaide Bourbon in the recently released independent film Shanghai Kiss. 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.[10] Forbes estimated that she earned $2 million in 2007.[11]

Singer

Panettiere was nominated for a Grammy in 1999 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for A Bug's Life Read-Along [2000].[12] 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 her co-star Solange Knowles. It is still unknown if a video for Your New Girlfriend will be filmed. She also recorded a song titled "Try" for the 2007 Bridge to Terabithia soundtrack. She has recently recorded a song for Cinderella III: A Twist in Time called "I Still Believe".

Endorsement

Neutrogena made Panettiere the cover girl for their new worldwide ad campaign;[13] following in the footsteps of actresses Kristin Kreuk, Josie Bissett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore, Mischa Barton, Gabrielle Union and Jennifer Freeman. Panettiere recently did a Got Milk? ad, like recent other ads featuring the cast of Heroes.

Personal life

She was at one point dating Stephen Colletti, the former Laguna Beach:The Real Orange County, star.[14][15] In December 2007 she was reported to be dating her Heroes costar Milo Ventimiglia.[16][17]

Activism

On October 31, 2007 Panettiere was involved in a confrontation with Japanese fishermen as she tried to disrupt their annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Wakayama. She paddled out on a surfboard, with five other surfers from Australia and the United States (including former Home and Away star Isabel Lucas) in an attempt to reach a pod of dolphins to release them. The confrontation lasted more than 10 minutes before the surfers were forced to return to the beach. The surfers drove straight to Osaka airport and left the country to avoid being arrested for trespassing by the Japanese police. Many Japanese consider this kind of act as an attack on their culture.[18][19] Taiji's fishery cooperative union argues that these protesters "continue willfully to distort the facts about this fishery" and protester's agendas are " based neither on international law nor on science but rather on emotion for economic self-interest."[20] Hayden claims that an arrest warrant on her has been issued in Japan for her interference in the dolphin hunt.[21] In November 2007, Hayden was awarded the "Compassion in Action Award" from the animal rights group PETA for her efforts to stop the dolphin hunt in Japan.

Filmography

Year Title Role Genre
1994 One Life to Live Sarah 'Flash' Roberts #3 (1994–1997) Soap Opera
1996 Guiding Light Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Spaulding #2 (1996–2000) Soap Opera
1998 A Bug's Life Dot Voice
The Object of My Affection Mermaid Feature Film
1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke Young Doris Duke TV Miniseries
Message in a Bottle Girl on Sinking Boat Feature Film
If You Believe Young Susan "Suzie" Stone/Alice Stone, Susan's niece TV Film
2000 Remember the Titans Sheryl Yoast Feature Film
Dinosaur Suri Voice
2001-2002 Ally McBeal Maddie Harrington TV Series
2001 Joe Somebody Natalie Scheffer Feature Film
2001 Law & Order: SVU Ashley (episode: Abuse) TV Series
2001 in film The Affair of the Necklace Young Jeanne St.Rémy de Valois Feature Film
2002 Kingdom Hearts Kairi Video game
2003 Normal Patty Ann Applewood Feature Film
2003 - 2005 Malcolm in the Middle Jessica TV series
2004 Lies My Mother Told Me Haylei Sims TV film
The Dust Factory Melanie Lewis Feature Film
Raising Helen Audrey Davis Feature Film
2004 Tiger Cruise Maddie Dolan TV film
2005 Ice Princess Gen Harwood Feature Film
Racing Stripes Channing Walsh Feature Film
2005 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Angela Agnelli (Episode: Hooked) TV Series
2006 Kingdom Hearts II Kairi Video game
The Architect Christina Waters Feature Film
Mr.Gibb Allyson 'Ally' Palmer Feature Film
Commander in Chief Stacy (Episode: Wind Beneath My Wing) TV series
Heroes Claire Bennet TV series / 2006 - Present
Bring It On: All or Nothing Britney Allen Direct-to DVD movie
2007 Shanghai Kiss Adelaide Bourbon Direct-to DVD movie
2008 Fireflies in the Garden Young Jane Lawrence Feature Film

Discography

The following is a discography for Hayden Panettiere

Soundtracks

  • 2005
  1. Ice Princess

Music Videos

  • 2004
  1. My Hero Is You
  • 2005
  1. I Fly
  • 2007
  1. I Still Believe

References

  1. ^ a b Interview with Hayden Panettiere (English). Interviews. The Source for Youth Ministries (2004-10-19). Retrieved on 2007-07-27. “JONATHAN: Now, you just turned 15 in August, right?”
  2. ^ http://www.people.com/people/hayden_panettiere
  3. ^ Hayden Panettiere. Interview with Chris Moyles. The Chris Moyles Show. BBC Radio 1. 2007-08-31. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
  4. ^ Celebrity Wonder. Hayden's profile. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
  5. ^ Topel, Fred. "Heroes' Hayden Panettiere Is Something to Cheer About", Hollywood.com, Hollywood Media Corp. Retrieved on 2007-11-22. 
  6. ^ Profile, Latest News and Related Articles. E Online. Retrieved on 2007-04-14.
  7. ^ Guiding Light News = 2000. Soap-News.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
  8. ^ Heroes Season 2: Hayden Panettiere. craveonline.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
  9. ^ A Bug's Life,Allmoviephoto.com, Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
  10. ^ Fleming, Michael. "'Heroes' gal cheers for WMA", Variety, 2007-06-24. Retrieved on 2007-06-28. 
  11. ^ Edited by Lea Goldman, Monte Burke and Kiri Blakeley (2007-06-14). The Celebrity 100: #98 Hayden Panettiere. Forbes. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
  12. ^ 1999 42nd Grammy Awards. Past Winners Database. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
  13. ^ Hayden Panettiere (2006-11-16). Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
  14. ^ Free Britney (2007-05-02). Hayden Panettiere, Stephen Colletti Do Lunch, More. The Hollywood Gossip. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
  15. ^ Getting Handsy With Hayden.
  16. ^ Milo Ventimiglia & Hayden Panettiere Are an Item. People (2007-12-31). Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
  17. ^ Report: Hayden Panettiere, 'Heroes' Co-Star Milo Ventimiglia Dating. Fox News (2008-01-02). Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
  18. ^ "TV Star In Japan Dolphin Cull Clash", Sky News, 2007-11-01. 
  19. ^ Japanese fishermen defend dolphin cull. ICSF (2007-11-01).
  20. ^ http://www.cypress.ne.jp/jf-taiji/topics/topics.cgi
  21. ^ "Japanese arrest warrant issued for 'Heroes' star Panettiere". 

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NAME Panettiere, Hayden
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SHORT DESCRIPTION US actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Palisades, New York, U.S.
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