Biography
Perky, petite and equally at home in earnest drama and mainstream comedy, Hayden Panettiere began her career as a child model and soap opera actress. As a preteen, she worked steadily as a voiceover actor in family films like "A Bug's Life" (1998) and "Dinosaur" (2000) before a recurring role as the long-lost daughter of "Ally McBeal" (Fox, 1997-2002) raised the actress' profile. Her energy and spunky can-do persona made her well cast for …
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Career Milestones
| At age 11 months, landed first TV commercial for Playskool Toy Train | ||
| Began modeling professionally at the age of eight months | ||
1994 | First TV role, played Sarah Roberts on ABC daytime serial "One Life to Live" | |
1996 | Portrayed Lizzie Spaulding on CBS daytime drama "Guiding Light" | |
1997 | Feature acting debut, "Pants on Fire" | |
1998 | Appeared in NBC miniseries "A Will of Their Own" | |
1999 | Cast as the title character as a pre-teen in CBS miniseries "Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke" | |
1999 | Voiced Princess Dot in the animated film "A Bug's Life"; nominated for a Grammy for the film's Read-Along | |
2000 | Portrayed the gung ho daughter of a football coach in "Remember the Titans" | |
2000 | Voiced the character of Suri in "Dinosaur" | |
2001 | Cast as the youthful incarnation of the role essayed by Hilary Swank in "Affair of the Necklace" | |
2001 | Played Tim Allen's daughter in "Joe Somebody" | |
2002 | Joined the cast of "Ally McBeal" (Fox) as the title character's daughter | |
2003 | Landed recurring role on Fox comedy series "Malcolm in the Middle" | |
2004 | Starred opposite Kate Hudson and John Corbett in the comedy "Raising Helen" | |
2005 | Played an elite figure skater opposite Michelle Trachtenberg in "Ice Princess"; recorded the song "I Fly" for the film | |
2005 | Voiced the farmer's daughter in the animated feature "Racing Stripes" | |
2006 | Landed breakthrough role on NBC sci-fi drama "Heroes" as an indestructible high school cheerleader Claire Bennet | |
2007 | Recorded a song titled "Try" for the "Bridge to Terabithia" soundtrack | |
2008 | Appeared in the drama film "Fireflies in the Garden" as a younger version of Emily Watson's character | |
2009 | Played the title role in Chris Columbus' "I Love You, Beth Cooper" | |
2010 | Voiced the character of Kate in the animated feature "Alpha and Omega" | |
2011 | Cast in the Wes Craven-directed slasher film "Scream 4" opposite Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette | |
2011 | Lent her voice to Red Riding Hood in animated feature "Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil" | |
2012 | Co-starred with Connie Britton as rival country stars on ABC musical drama "Nashville" | |
Awards
2012 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Nashville |