Hayden Panettiere is an actress and singer who is best known for her role on the NBC series Heroes as Claire Bennet. She also appeared as the voice of Kairi in the Square Enix Kingdom Hearts series.

The 18 year old is New York born and raised and the daughter of a fire department lieutenant and a former soap opera actress. She has a younger brother Jansen Panettiere, who is also an actor.

Panettiere has been involved in the acting and modeling business from the age of 5 months. She started with Playskool ad work, had stints on soap operas One Life to Live, and Guiding Light. She has acted in over a dozen full length feature films as well as several made for TV movies. Suffice it to say that Hayden Panettiere is not the new kid on the block. She is a seasoned veteran and clicking on all cylinders.

We’ve got some great photos from her recent shoot for Candie’s. Check them out after the jump.

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