Heroes and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere dies aged 36

Actress Hayden Panettiere has died aged 36 (Picture: WireImage)

Actress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, has died aged 36.

A representative confirmed her death to ABC News on Sunday, saying she brought ‘immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her’.

A statement from her father Skip said: ‘It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden.

‘She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen.’

He also asked that her family be given privacy as they ‘take time to process this unimaginable loss.’

Her cause of death has not been announ...