Hayden Panettiere - Claire Bennet

Hayden Panettiere stars in NBC's new ensemble drama series "Heroes" as Claire Bennet, a high school cheerleader in Odessa, Texas, who learns through trial-and-error that her flesh is indestructible. "Heroes" follows the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities. If she is still doing here own stunts she is incredible.

Training rigorously and executing her own stunts, she dazzled audiences in her role as a competitive ice skater in "Ice Princess" and recorded "I Fly" for the film's soundtrack. Her spitfire characters in both "Joe Somebody" as Tim Allen's daughter and "Remember the Titans" with Denzel Washington helped to establish her as a unique talent. Her other film credits include "Raising Helen," directed by Garry Marshall; "Message In a Bottle" with Kevin Costner; "Object of My Affection" with Jennifer Aniston; and "The Affair of the Necklace" with Hilary Swank.

Panettierre lives in New York with her parents and younger brother. Her birthday is August 21.

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