Hayden Panettiere is one of the rare celebrities who've been able to transition smoothly from child acting to the life of an adult Hollywood star. Here's the story of her stunning transformation over the decades.

Panettiere has been acting for nearly her entire life. She kicked things off for herself in the entertainment industry with a TV commercial at the age of 11 months, then as a toddler landed the role of Sarah Roberts on the popular daytime soap opera One Life To Live, which she appeared on from 1994 to 1997. Even from a young age, her talent was clearly apparent, as she soon went on to star in many other projects while still a child, including a regular part on another soap opera, Guiding Light.

In January 2017, Panettiere reflected on her time as a child actress during an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She recounted how on Guiding Light she was thrown down a well, she got kidnapped, she shot her mom's boyfriend, and she got leukemia not once, but twice. She also explained how she was so carefree back in those days. Keep watching to learn why Hayden Panettiere's Transformation Is Seriously Turning Heads!

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Soap opera beginnings | 0:13

First major motion picture | 1:12

Joining Ally McBeal | 2:03

Landing some more big roles | 3:05

Save the cheerleader | 3:57

Meeting Wladimir | 4:54

Blossoming on Nashville | 5:38

Getting engaged | 6:27

Juggling pregnancy and work | 7:18

Splitting up | 8:07

Postpartum depression | 8:51

New relationship drama | 9:45