Hayden Panettiere

A gifted film star and singer Hayden Panettiere was welcomed and raised in Palisades, New York to her parents Lesley and Alan. The father worked as a firefighter and mother is a former soap opera actress. Also, the celebrity has a brother Jansen.

Hayden began demonstrating artistic skills at an early age and that’s why her mother made a decision to take her on set of films as well as radio stations. It would be interesting to know that a future star’s first job was at the age of just 11 months old, when she took part in a commercial for a Playskool toy train.

Then at the age of4 she featured in television series One Life to Live and that’s initially how her career in the moviemaking industry started.

After that she could be seen in such television series as Aliens in the Family, Unhappily Ever After, Guiding Lights, etc. As for the movies, she starred in The Object of My Affection, Message in a Bottle, Remember the Titans and others. All these TV projects helped Panettiere get lots of acting experience. However, the most important thing is that many renowned directors paid attention to her talent and started inviting her to various projects.

Throughout her path in the filmmaking business, the actress appeared in dozens of successful television series, shows and movies, the most well-known of which include: Normal, Heroes, Nashville, Scream 4, etc.

Finally, the celebrity is also a great singer, who can boast of releasing several soundtracks, singles and two albums.

And now, it is high time to share more fascinating details about the star’s life. Here are top 5 little-known facts:

• She was home schooled.
• She wants to try her hand in directing.
• She has a terrible stage fright.
• She talks in her sleep.
• She is one of very few people who have ridden a zebra.