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Hayden Panettiere faced professional and personal challenges before her death.
The actress started modeling at 5 months old and appeared in her first commercial when she was 11 months old. Her big break came in 1994 when she began playing Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live at age 5. She continued to impress onscreen with roles in Remember the Titans, Raising Helen and Scream 4, but made an even bigger splash with her television work.
Panettiere was best known for her leading roles on Heroes as cheerleader Claire Bennet and Nashville as singer Juliette Barnes. She was nominated for two Golden Globes for the music-based series and was nominated for a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic TV Actress in 2015.
After welcoming daughter Kaya with then-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko in December 2014, Panettiere endured postpartum depression. In August 2018, Panettiere and Klitschko split. Shortly after the breakup, Panettiere began dating Brian Hickerson, who was arrested for domestic violence against her in May 2019. Months later, the case against him was dropped.
Panettiere and Hickerson broke up after another domestic violence incident in February 2020. She later confirmed in an April 2023 interview with the New York Times that she and Hickerson were still together and they remained on and off over the years.
In addition to overcoming her alcoholism, Hayden’s brother, Jansen Panettiere, died at the age of 28 in February 2023 of an enlarged heart.
Panettiere died in August 2026 at age 36. Keep scrolling for more details on the highs and lows that Panettiere faced over the years:
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