Hayden Panettiere: 6 essential performances, from 'Nashville' singer to 'Scream' sleuth

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Set us as preferred Hayden Panettiere spent much of her life in front of a camera, beginning her acting career before she was even a year old, starring in commercials.At the tender age of 4, she landed her big break with a recurring role on the ABC soap opera “One Life to Live,” which led to a role on another soap opera, CBS’ “Guiding Light.” Over the years, she performed in a number of films and TV series, landing notable roles that made her a staple of network television.

In addition to her onscreen work, she did voice acting for animated films like “A Bug’s Life” and “Dinosaur,” as well as the video game franchises “Kingdom Hearts” and “Until Dawn.” The actor, who died Sunday at 36, was a versatile performer whose no-nonsense attitude and vocal range added depth to roles.Here is a guide to some of her notable work.

Entertainment & Arts Actor Hayden Panettiere, who starred in TV dramas and movies, died Sunday, according to her family.She was 36.Disney’s 2000 sports drama was based on the real story of Herman Boone, a Black football coach who was installed as head coach at the desegregated T.C.

Williams High School in Arlington, Va., and led the team to a perfect season and state championship.In the film, Panettiere plays Sheryl Yoast, the young daughter of coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton), whose job Boone is given by the school district to placate Black community members as racial tensions rise.

Panettiere’s Sheryl makes an impression right away, with a fiery speech directed at an official who comes to tell Yoast that Boone will now be head football coach of T.C.Williams.

“You can’t just walk in here and take my daddy’s job away,” she cries as she stomps away, but not before kicking said official in the back of the leg.Later, she understands the implications of the decision, even if it comes at the cost of her father’s selection into the high school football hal...