Hayden Leslie Panettiere (pronounced /?pæn?ti???r/; born August 21, 1989)[1] is an American actress and singer. She came to professional prominence at the age of 10 with her portrayal of Sheryl Yoast in Disney’s Remember the Titans, although for five years before that, Panettiere had held roles in two soap operas. She portrayed Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live (1994–1997), and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light (1996–2000). Panettiere reached a wider audience with her starring role as cheerleader Claire Bennet on the NBC television series Heroes. She also had a leading role as Kirby Reed in the horror film Scream 4, which was released in theaters on April 15, 2011.

Began her acting career at 11 months when she appeared in a commercial for Playskool.
Has appeared in over 50 commercials.
2000: Childstarlets.com’s Actress of the Year.
Parents are: Lesley Vogel, a former soap opera actress; and Alan L. Skip Panettiere, a fire department lieutenant. Coincidentally, Hayden’s first rescue on “Heroes” (2006/II) was from a train wreck fire.
7/21/98: Soap Opera Magazine’s star of the week.
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.
2000: Was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for A Bug’s Life (1998) Read-Along.
Hobbies include singing, dancing, horseback riding, gymnastics, karate, playing piano, boxing and swimming.
Her last name was printed wrong in an issue of the “Discovery Girls” magazine where she was considered an “Exceptional Tween”.
Was originally cast to play Sarah Altman in Panic Room (2002) but was later replaced by Kristen Stewart.
Elder sister of Jansen Panettiere, with whom she co-starred in Tiger Cruise (2004) (TV). She always brought Jansen along, whenever possible, while filming on location.
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.
Is best friends with Daniella Morris.
Has two dogs, named Penny Lane and Madison.
Is a vegetarian.
Ex-girlfriend of Milo Ventimiglia. They were together from 2008-2009.
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $2 million.
An active supporter of ALF (Animal Liberation Front), she is the second-ever recipient of The Wyler Award (which honors a celebrity who has raised awareness of animal issues) for her on-the-ground work to expose Japan’s slaughter of dolphins.
Voted #5 in FHM 100 Sexiest 2008.
Voted #6 in FHM 100 Sexiest 2007.
Ranked #13 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Ranked #1 on Wizard magazine’s “Sexiest Women of TV” list (March 2008).
Broke up with Milo Ventimiglia on Valentine’s Day, 2009.
Is a big fan of “24″ (2001).
Is being considered for the role of Ariel Moore in Footloose (2011) along with Miley Cyrus, Julianne Hough and Amanda Bynes.
Despite impressing producers with her audition, she lost out the role of Ariel Moore in Footloose (2011) to Julianne Hough.
She loves bathing suits and never has a problem with wearing one for the camera.
Along with other protesters including Isabel Lucas, Hayden Panettiere paddled out on surfboards to a pod of dolphins off the coast of Taiji/Japan to protest the killing of dolphins on Thursday 1st of November 2007. This action is mentioned in the documentary The Cove (2009).
Was ranked #30 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women of 2010 list.
Ranked #11 in FHM’s “Sexiest Women” list in 2008.
Ranked #21 in the 2011 FHM list of “100 Sexiest Women in the World”.
Ranked #12 in the 2010 FHM UK list of “100 Sexiest Women in the World”.