Hayden Panettiere had quite a career – and his personal life was just as captivating.
The Golden Globe-nominated actress started modeling at 5 months old and appeared in her first commercial at 11 months old. Her big break came in 1994 when she started playing Sarah Roberts One Life to Live at the age of 5.
He continues to impress the screen with his roles in Remember the Titans, Raise Helen and Sound 4, but made an even bigger splash with her television work.
The New York native is best known for his starring role in Hero as cheerleader Claire Bennet and Nashville as singer Juliette Barnes.
She was nominated for two Golden Globes for the musical-based series and was nominated for the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Drama TV Actress in 2015.
Sometimes, the actress’s personal struggles outweigh her professional success over the years.
After receiving Kaya’s daughter with then-betrothed Wladimir Klitschko in December 2014, in Guiding Light alum suffers from postpartum depression. She sought treatment twice to improve her mental health and spoke openly about her condition after giving birth.
“You need a moment. You feel dead. You’re not like yourself,” Panettiere said Good morning America Lara Spencer in January 2017. “But, you know, women are resilient, and that’s what’s so amazing about them. I’m all the stronger for it. I think I’m a better mom because of it. Because you never take that relationship for granted.”
The couple split in August 2018, and shortly after Panettiere began dating Brian Hickersonwho was arrested for domestic violence against him in May 2019. A few months later, the case was dropped, but his family worried that he and the actress were “too toxic for each other,” a source said. Us Weekly that November.
Panettiere and Hickerson broke up after another incident of domestic violence in February 2020. Five months later, the actress spoke about her situation, telling us she hopes her story “will empower others in abusive relationships to seek the help they need and deserve.”
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