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Hayden Lesley Panettiere (/ˌpænətiˈɛər/ PAN-ə-tee-AIR;[1] August 21, 1989 – August 16, 2026) was an American actress and singer. She starred as Claire Bennet on the NBC superhero series Heroes (2006–2010), Kirby Reed in the slasher horror franchise Scream (2011–2023), and Juliette Barnes in the ABC/CMT musical drama series Nashville (2012–2018). She received two nominations for acting in Nashville for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Panettiere first appeared on-screen in a commercial in 1990 when she was 11 months old. Her full-time acting career began in 1994 when she played Sarah Roberts in the ABC soap opera series One Life to Live until 1997. She played Lizzie Spaulding in the CBS soap opera series Guiding Light from 1996 to 2000. For her role as Princess Dot in the Pixar film A Bug's Life (1998), she was nominated for a Young Artist Award and a Grammy Award, making her the fifth-youngest nominee for a Grammy.[citation needed] Panettiere starred in the Lifetime film If You Believe (1999), the live-action animated drama adventure film Dinosaur and the biographical football film Remember the Titans (both 2000), the final season of the Fox legal comedy-drama series Ally McBeal (2002), the comedy-drama film Raising Helen and the Disney Channel film Tiger Cruise (both 2004), the horse racing comedy film Racing Stripes and the figure-skating drama film Ice Princess (both 2005), the teen cheerleading film Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006), the romantic comedy film I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009), the true crime drama film Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011), and the drama Custody (2016). She voiced Kairi and Xion in the video game series Kingdom Hearts (2002–2017), and portrayed Samantha "Sam" Giddings in the video game Until Dawn (2015).

The series takes place in a fictional universe consisting of eighteen surviving realms which, according to in-game backstories, were created by the Elder Gods. The Mortal Kombat: Deception manual described six of the realms as: "Earthrealm, home to such legendary heroes as Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage and Jax, and also under the protection of the Thunder God Raiden; Netherrealm, the fiery depths of which are inhospitable to all but the most vile, a realm of demons and shadowy warriors such as Quan Chi and Noob Saibot; Outworld, a realm of constant strife which Emperor Shao Kahn claims as his own; Seido, the Realm of Order, whose inhabitants prize structure and order above all else; the Realm of Chaos, whose inhabitants do not abide by any rules whatsoever, and where constant turmoil and change are worshipped; and Edenia, which is known for its beauty, artistic expression, and the longevity of its inhabitants."[17][18] The Elder Gods decreed that the denizens of one realm could only conquer another realm by defeating the defending realm's greatest warriors in ten consecutive Mortal Kombat tournaments.
