Hayden Panettiere | First Soap Opera: One Life to Live

Hayden Panettiere’s breakthrough role came in 2006 in a superhero series Heroes as Claire Bennet. The show garnered much attention, which would catapult her career to a degree of mainstream fame. Heroes for four seasons, and at the peak of its success, it earned several accolades, including recognition from the Golden Globes and the Emmys. Apart from this, Hayden is also known for her performance in the 2000 classic, Remember the Titans.

Years before Hayden’s mainstream success, she starred in the soap opera One Life to Live as Sarah Roberts for 25 episodes from 1994 to 1997. From there, the young Hayden would also star in another soap opera on Guiding Light as Lizzie Spaulding from 1998-2000. Nowadays, she just came off from a successful stint in the series Nashville and is reportedly traveling back and forth to Ukraine visiting her daughter. The latter is living with her ex-husband, former boxing Heavyweight Champion Vladimir Klitschko.