Biografía

Has a tattoo down her left side, which was supposed to say "Live without regrets" in Italian. Ironically, it is misspelled.

Elder sister of Jansen Panettiere, with whom she co-starred in Tiger Cruise (2004). Hayden considers him "the greatest present our dad and mom ever gave me".

Began her acting career at 11 months when she appeared in a commercial for Playskool.

Her last name is pronounced "Pan-Hey-Tee-Air" and is the Italian translation of "Baker". Her parents are both of half Italian descent (her father's father and her mother's mother were both the children of Italian immigrants). Her other roots include German and English.

Along with other protesters including Isabel Lucas, she paddled out on surfboards to a pod of dolphins off the coast of Taiji/Japan to protest the killing of dolphins on 11/1/07. This action is mentioned in the documentary Operación delfín (2009).

When the camera comes on, I am not Hayden any more, I am Lizzie!

I hate how people say I'm growing up fast.

You go on these Internet blogs and people say the meanest things. I'm a normal person. Just because I'm in the spotlight doesn't mean I'm God's gift to the world. I'm learning and making mistakes just like every other 17-year-old girl out there.

The funny thing is that people see one film like Rayas, una cebra veloz (2005) or Sueños Sobre Hielo (2005) and all of a sudden, slip me into this category of "that's what she's always involved in" but people don't remember that I did Normal (2003) with Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson for HBO, which was very dramatic. They don't remember that I did Lies My Mother Told Me (2005) which was the Lifetime film with Joely Richardson and Colm Feore, which was also extremely dramatic. They don't remember that I did Duelo de titanes (2000).

I know it's really gory, and a lot of people's stomachs will probably not like me for it, but that is just awesome, just being able to be bloodied up and have different body parts put on. That's right up my alley. It's so awesome.