Hayden Panettiere, the actress who shot to fame as the indestructible cheerleader Claire Bennet on NBC’s “Heroes” before starring as country singer Juliette Barnes on “Nashville,” has died.
She was 36.
Panettiere’s representative confirmed her death to ABC News on Sunday.
“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” her representative said in a statement.
“She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen,” the statement continued.
No cause of death or details about the circumstances surrounding her death were immediately provided.
The former child star and mom of one recently opened up about growing up in the spotlight, postpartum depression and her struggles with substance abuse in her memoir “This Is Me: A Reckoning” published in May.
