Hayden Leslie Panettiere (pronounced /ˌpænɨtiˈɛər/; born August 21, 1989)[1] is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career by playing Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live (1994–1997), and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light (1996–2000), before starring at age 10 as Sheryl Yoast in the Disney feature film Remember the Titans. She then appeared as cheerleader Claire Bennet on the NBC television series Heroes. She also had a leading role, as Kirby Reed, in the 2011 horror film Scream 4 Panettiere was born in and partly raised in Palisades, New York, the daughter of Lesley R. Vogel, a former soap opera actress, and Alan L. "Skip" Panettiere, a fire department lieutenant.[2][3] Panettiere is of Italian and German descent, her surname meaning "baker" in Italian and her mother surname Vogel meaning "bird" in German.[4][5] She has one younger brother, fellow actor Jansen Panettiere.[6] Although Panettiere attended South Orangetown Middle School in New York, she was homeschooled from grade nine to the completion of high school.[7] For now, Panettiere is postponing higher education in favor of an acting career
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