Perky, petite and equally at home in earnest drama and mainstream comedy, Hayden Panettiere began her career as a child model and soap opera actress. As a preteen, she worked steadily as a voice actor in family films like “A Bug’s Life” (1998) and “Dinosaur” (2000) before a recurring role as the long lost daughter of “Ally McBeal” (Fox, 1997-2002) raised the actress’ profile. Her energy and spunky can-do persona made her well-cast for competitive teen features like “Ice Princess” (2005) and “Bring it On: All or Nothing” (2006), which led to her major career breakthrough playing a high school
