By Ananya Palyekar
Aug 16 – American actress Hayden Panettiere, recognized for her roles in TV exhibits corresponding to “Nashville” and “Heroes,” has died on the age of 36, U.S. media shops together with ABC Information reported on Sunday, citing an announcement from her father.
“It’s with profound disappointment that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an unbelievable mild and a power of nature who introduced immeasurable love and pleasure to all who knew her – and to the tens of millions who watched her onscreen,” ABC quoted her father, Alan “Skip” Panettiere, within the assertion.
The reason for her loss of life was not reported by ABC. Her company didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Reuters.
A former baby actor, Panettiere gained widespread recognition voicing Dot, the younger princess ant in Pixar’s 1998 animated hit “A Bug’s Life.” Her work on the movie’s read-along album earned a Grammy nomination for Greatest Spoken Phrase Album for Kids.
She shot to fame taking part in the highschool cheerleader with tremendous powers, Claire Bennet, on NBC’s serialized hit “Heroes,” which debuted in 2006. She additionally appeared within the 2000 soccer drama “Bear in mind the Titans,” starring Denzel Washington.
Panettiere earned two Golden Globe nominations, in 2013 and 2014, for Greatest Supporting Actress in a Tv Sequence, Restricted Sequence or Movement Image Made for Tv for her position as Juliette Barnes within the musical drama “Nashville”.
She was additionally a part of the satirical horror “Scream” franchise.
Panettiere’s most up-to-date look was within the psychological thriller “Sleepwalker,” launched within the U.S. in January 2026, by which she performed a grieving mom tormented by sleepwalking episodes, in response to web site IMDb.
Her brother, actor Jansen Panettiere, died in 2023 at 28 from problems associated to an enlarged coronary heart and an aortic-valve situation, in response to a household assertion made to U.S. media later that yr.
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