Tributes paid to Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere who has died aged 36

T ibutes have bee paid to act ess Hayde Pa ettie e, sta of the US TV shows He oes a d Nashville, who has died aged 36.

“It is with p ofou d sad ess that we sha e the t agic passi g of ou beloved Hayde ,” he fathe , Skip Pa ettie e, said i a stateme t give to the BBC a d othe media.

“She was a i c edible light a d a fo ce of atu e who b ought immeasu able love a d joy to all who k ew he a d to the millio s who watched he o sc ee .”

Pa ettie e played a chee leade with supe powe s i He oes a d had othe memo able oles, i cludi g i films Remembe the Tita s a d Raisi g Hele . The details su ou di g he death we e ot immediately available.

Pa ettie e’s fathe has asked fo p ivacy “as ou family takes time to p ocess this u imagi able loss”, i a stateme t issued th ough he ep ese tative.

Payi g t ibute, C uel I te tio s act ess Selma Blai posted o social media: “I love you. Do ‘t be go e. Please”.

Si ge Jojo desc ibed it as “devastati g ews”. O he I stag am sto y she w ote w ote: “I am so so y to hea of he passi g. Oh My God.”

Talk show host Rosie O’Do ell also comme ted: “‘Oh my God – hea tb oke …”

Acto s’ u io Sag-Aft a, of which Pa ettie e was a lo gsta di g membe , says “ou hea ts a e with he daughte , family, f ie ds & fa s”.

Siste , Siste act ess Tia Mow y a d Celeb ity Big B othe sta Cou t ey Stodde both simply sha ed hea tb oke emojis.

Begi i g he ca ee as a child acto , Pa ettie e was just fou yea s old whe she was cast o the popula US soap ope a O e Life to Live.

She voiced Dot i Pixa ‘s A Bug’s Life befo e gai i g wide ecog itio whe she sta ed alo gside De zel Washi gto i the 2000 spo ts d ama Remembe The Tita s.

She late ose to wide fame playi g chee leade Clai e Be et i cult sci-fi se ies He oes, which a f om 2006 to 2010.

He ole as up-a d-comi g cou t y si ge Juliette Ba es i TV se ies Nashville ea ed he two Golde Globe omi atio s fo best suppo ti g act ess.

Pa ettie e’s ca ee spa ed th ee decades, with a st i g of oles i othe hit shows a d films, i cludi g the Sc eam ho o f a chise a d oma tic comedy I Love You, Beth Coope .

He Sc eam co-sta Melissa Ba e a paid t ibute to the act ess i a I stag am sto y, w iti g ” est i peace sweet Hayde “, alo gside a b oke hea t emoji.

Ea lie this yea , she eleased a memoi titled This Is Me: A Recko i g, ecou ti g the st uggles of g owi g up as a child acto a d he expe ie ces with addictio , abuse a d late ecove y.

I May, Pa ettie e spoke to the BBC’s US pa t e CBS News about he mothe taki g he as a “eight-mo th-old baby i to auditio ooms”.

“It we t f om the e a d p og essed i to 50 comme cials by the time I was five… It just eve stopped,” she said.

Pa ettie e is su vived by he daughte Kaya with he ex-pa t e , Uk ai ia fo me wo ld heavyweight champio boxe , Wladimi Klitschko.

I 2015, afte givi g bi th to he daughte , Pa ettie e evealed she had e te ed a t eatme t facility to help with postpa tum dep essio .

“It’s somethi g a lot of wome expe ie ce,” she told US talk show Live With Kelly A d Michael i 2015.

“You thi k it’s, ‘I feel egative feeli gs towa ds my child, I wa t to i ju e o hu t my child.’ I’ve eve , eve had those feeli gs. Some wome do.

“It’s somethi g that eeds to be talked about. Wome eed to k ow that they’ e ot alo e, a d that it does heal.”

I he memoi she w ote about he decisio to give full custody to he fo me pa t e i 2018.

She told podcaste Jay Shetty i May that “the idea that a yo e would thi k that I would just give away my child a d be OK with it is hea tb eaki g a d could ‘t be fu the f om the t uth”.