Hayden Panettiere is only in her thirties, but it feels like she’s been a fixture on our screens for her whole life. And no wonder: Boy, can she act. After breaking out in the superhero drama Heroes, the actress moved seamlessly on to the big screen, appearing in films like I Love You, Beth Cooper and slasher sequel Scream 4, before moving back to TV on the soapy musical drama Nashville. But even though she’s enjoyed a prolific career, Panettiere hasn’t appeared in anything since Nashville ended in 2018. The question is: Why? The actress has admitted to struggling with typecasting in the past. In 2011, she told Movieline: “Playing such a specific role [in Heroes] — [a] young, female, all-American cheerleader — you definitely tend to get typecast.” According to a 2013 interview with Vulture, Panettiere almost missed out on Nashville because the producers were worried she couldn’t play such a vulnerable character. After becoming a mother, are her priorities simply elsewhere? Has Panettiere given up on Hollywood for good, or is there a chance she might still make a comeback somewhere down the line? Panettiere had a rough few years, no doubt about it. After giving birth to daughter Kaya in 2014, she voluntarily checked into treatment for severe postpartum depression in October 2015… and she was very vocal about her struggle. She later told E! News, “I do feel and hope [speaking out has] made other people’s lives better and more of an understanding because postpartum depression
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