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\n\tHayden Panettiere, the actress and singer best known for playing rising country star Juliette Barnes on the musical drama Nashville<\/em>, has died, her representative confirmed to ABC News.<\/em> She was 36. A cause of death was not immediately known.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tHayden Panettiere\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n\t\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,\u201d her father, Skip Panettiere, said in a statement. \u201cShe was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her \u2014 and to the millions who watched her onscreen.\u201d He asked for privacy \u201cas our family takes time to process this unimaginable loss.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tThese ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Temporary Tattoos Let You Rep Your Favorite Characters and Display Glow-in-the-Dark Demon Markings\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t‘Lanterns’: Here’s Where to Watch the New DC Studios TV Series Online for Free\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t‘Disney Princess: The Ultimate Concert Celebration’: Here’s How to Watch the TV Special Online for Free\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\tThough she built her career primarily as an actress, Panettiere had a significant musical footprint through Nashville<\/em>, in which she starred from 2012 to 2018 as the ambitious country-pop star Juliette Barnes opposite Connie Britton. Her performances anchored the show\u2019s companion soundtrack series, released through Big Machine Records, which became a consistent presence on Billboard\u2019s charts. <\/p>\n \n\tThe debut soundtrack, The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 1<\/em>, debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on Top Country Albums in 2012, selling 56,000 copies in its first week, and the series\u2019 installments regularly reached the upper tiers of the country and soundtrack charts across the show\u2019s run. Her recordings as Juliette Barnes \u2014 including \u201cTelescope,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Put Dirt on My Grave Just Yet\u201d and duets such as \u201cWrong Song\u201d \u2014 earned her a following among country listeners, and she twice received Golden Globe nominations for the role.<\/p>\n \n\tPanettiere\u2019s music predated the series. As a teenager, she recorded songs for family films and teen-pop compilations, and after being cast as Claire Bennet on the NBC superhero series Heroes<\/em>, she signed with Hollywood Records and released the 2008 single \u201cWake Up Call.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBorn in Palisades, New York, in 1989, Panettiere began acting as a child, appearing in Ally McBeal<\/em>, Remember the Titans<\/em> and Message in a Bottle<\/em>, and voicing a character in Pixar\u2019s A Bug\u2019s Life<\/em>, before her breakout role on Heroes<\/em> in 2006. Her later credits included Scream 4<\/em> and Scream VI<\/em>, I Love You, Beth Cooper<\/em> and the TV movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tPanettiere was candid about the pressures of a life in the public eye from childhood onward. In May, she released a memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning<\/em>, and spoke publicly about her experiences with fame, motherhood and mental health, including postpartum depression \u2014 a subject she said she was moved to discuss after realizing \u201chow many people needed to hear it.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tShe shared a daughter, Kaya, with former heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko, with whom she had an on-and-off relationship over nine years before the couple separated in 2018. Her death comes a little more than two years after that of her younger brother, actor Jansen Panettiere, who died in February 2023 at 28.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/hayden-panettiere-nashville-and-heroes-star-dies-1236317477\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1438843136-e1786937576672.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Hayden Panettiere, the actress and singer best known for playing rising country star Juliette Barnes on the musical drama Nashville, has died, her representative confirmed to ABC News. She was 36. A cause of death was not immediately known. 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