Hayden Panettiere

Biography

Hayden Panettiere was an American actress and singer whose screen work began in commercials when she was an infant, and by the age of five she had appeared in over fifty of them. She played Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light in the 1990s. She voiced Princess Dot in A Bug's Life (1998), which brought a Grammy nomination for its read-along album. Her films included Dinosaur (2000), Remember the Titans (2000), Racing Stripes (2005), Ice Princess (2005), and I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009). She won a Saturn Award as Claire Bennet in Heroes from 2006 to 2010, and gained further fame as Kirby Reed in Scream 4 (2011) and Scream VI (2023) and as Juliette Barnes in Nashville from 2012 to 2018, earning two Golden Globe nominations. She also voiced Kairi and Xion in the Kingdom Hearts games and Sam Giddings in Until Dawn.

36years old at death

Born August 21, 1989Palisades
Died August 16, 2026Greenville
Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Hayden Lesley Panettiere (birth name)

Movie Career

Films: 28
Career span: 27 years1998 to 2025

Genres

Drama61%, 17 films
Comedy43%, 12 films
Romance25%, 7 films
Family21%, 6 films
Adventure18%, 5 films

First and latest

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First role
At 11 months old, Panettiere made her first on-screen appearance in a 1990 Playskool toy train commercial. She had been in more than 50 commercials by the time she was five.
Behind the award
Panettiere was nominated for a Grammy for the spoken word album of A Bug's Life Read-Along, which came out in 1998. At the time, she was the sixth-youngest person ever nominated for the award.
A role that slipped away
Panettiere was replaced by Alyson Stoner as the voice of Xion for the later sequel games of the Kingdom Hearts series.

Hayden Panettiere movies on Netflix

A Breed Apart2025IMDb rating 2.7as Hayden Hearst
Amber Alert2024IMDb rating 6.1as Jaq
Scream VI2023IMDb rating 6.4as Kirby Reed
Custody2016IMDb rating 6.5as Ally Fischer
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy2011IMDb rating 5.7as Amanda Knox
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil2011IMDb rating 4.7as Red Riding Hood (voice)
Scream 42011IMDb rating 6.3as Kirby Reed
Alpha and Omega2010IMDb rating 5.1as Kate (voice)
I Love You, Beth Cooper2009IMDb rating 5.4as Beth Cooper
The Cove2009IMDb rating 8.4as Himself
Fireflies in the Garden2008IMDb rating 6.4as Young Jane
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King2008IMDb rating 6.3as Fairy Princess Willow (voice)
Shanghai Kiss2007IMDb rating 6.6as Adelaide Bourbon
Bring It On: All or Nothing2006IMDb rating 5.6as Britney
The Architect2006IMDb rating 5.5as Christina Waters
Ice Princess2005IMDb rating 6.1as Gen Harwood
Racing Stripes2005IMDb rating 5.3as Channing Walsh
Raising Helen2004IMDb rating 6.0as Audrey Davis
The Dust Factory2004IMDb rating 5.9as Melanie Lewis
Tiger Cruise2004IMDb rating 5.8as Maddie Dolan
Normal2003IMDb rating 7.1as Patty Ann Applewood
Joe Somebody2001IMDb rating 5.6as Natalie Scheffer
The Affair of the Necklace2001IMDb rating 6.0as Young Jeanne
Dinosaur2000IMDb rating 6.4as Suri (voice)
Remember the Titans2000IMDb rating 7.8as Sheryl Yoast
Message in a Bottle1999IMDb rating 6.3as Girl on Sinking Boat
A Bug's Life1998IMDb rating 7.2as Dot (voice)
The Object of My Affection1998IMDb rating 6.0as Mermaid

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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A Bug's Life1998 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Dotvoice
IMDb rating 7.2342K votes
Scream 42011 Horror, Mysteryas Kirby Reed
IMDb rating 6.3194K votes
The Cove2009as Himself
IMDb rating 8.453K votes
I Love You, Beth Cooper2009as Beth Cooper
IMDb rating 5.440K votes
Remember the Titans2000as Sheryl Yoast
IMDb rating 7.8254K votes
Dinosaur2000as Surivoice
IMDb rating 6.474K votes
Bring It On: All or Nothing2006as Britney
IMDb rating 5.623K votes
Raising Helen2004as Audrey Davis
IMDb rating 6.040K votes

Most often with

Joan Cusack appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Joan Cusack

James Belushi

Patrick Warburton

Viola Davis

Larry Miller

Brad Garrett

Films together

Joan Cusack3 films together, 2004 to 2011
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- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil2011IMDb rating 4.7Panettiere as Red Riding HoodvoiceCusack as Verushka the Witchvoice
- Ice Princess2005IMDb rating 6.1Panettiere as Gen HarwoodCusack as Joan Carlyle
- Raising Helen2004IMDb rating 6.0Panettiere as Audrey DavisCusack as Jenny Portman
James Belushi2 films together, 2001 to 2008
James Belushi's page
- Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King2008IMDb rating 6.3Panettiere as Fairy Princess WillowvoiceBelushi as Globvoice
- Joe Somebody2001IMDb rating 5.6Panettiere as Natalie SchefferBelushi as Chuck Scarett
Patrick Warburton2 films together, 2001 to 2011
Patrick Warburton's page
- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil2011IMDb rating 4.7Panettiere as Red Riding HoodvoiceWarburton as The Big Bad Wolfvoice
- Joe Somebody2001IMDb rating 5.6Panettiere as Natalie SchefferWarburton as Mark McKinney
Viola Davis2 films together, 2006 to 2016
Viola Davis's page
- Custody2016IMDb rating 6.5Panettiere as Ally FischerDavis as Martha Schulman
- The Architect2006IMDb rating 5.5Panettiere as Christina WatersDavis as Tonya Neely
Larry Miller2 films together, 2004 to 2010
Larry Miller's page
- Alpha and Omega2010IMDb rating 5.1Panettiere as KatevoiceMiller as Marcelvoice
- Raising Helen2004IMDb rating 6.0Panettiere as Audrey DavisMiller as Car Buyer
Brad Garrett2 films together, 1998 to 2011
Brad Garrett's page
- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil2011IMDb rating 4.7Panettiere as Red Riding HoodvoiceGarrett as The Giantvoice
- A Bug's Life1998IMDb rating 7.2Panettiere as DotvoiceGarrett as Dimvoice
Also two films together2 more actors
- Courteney CoxScream VI (2023) and Scream 4 (2011)
- Roger JacksonScream VI (2023) and Scream 4 (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.