Jansen Panettiere’s acting success never reached the level of her sister Hayden

Jansen Panettiere has died at the age of 28.

No crime was suspected after the young actor died in his New York apartment over the weekend, a source said. TMZ.

Reports have focused on his relationship with Hayden Panettiere, his brother five years his senior known for leading roles in Heroes, Nashville and Scream.

Jansen would have been 11 years old when her sister landed her breakout role as Claire Bennet in Heroes (2006-10), which led to a series of film and television roles, and work as a model.

But two years earlier, the ‘best friend’ duo had already worked together on the Disney Channel feature film Tiger Cruise, with Hayden in the lead role.

A year later, they resumed their relationship in Racing Stripes, a 2005 sports comedy film about a circus plains zebra who wants to compete as a professional racehorse.

Here Jansen stepped up, voicing the youngest titular zebra, Stripes, alongside Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz.

While her sister took on major roles and contracts, becoming the face of Neutrogena in late 2006, Jansen starred in movies for the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, following her sister’s proven path.

Jansen in his role as Enrique in the 2009 drama The Perfect Game

Hayden in her breakout role as Claire Bennet on the NBC superhero series Heroes

By the 2010s, Jansen was carving out a path for himself.

He took a role in a serious drama, The Perfect Game, released in 2010, about the 1957 Little League World Series, the first time a team from outside the United States won the cup, with odds against a Mexican team. with expired visas. and experience segregation.

In 2011, she worked on The Forger, another drama, this time about art forgery in California, and opposite The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson.

Again, her sister took on a starring role.

As he grew older, Hayden found a new interest in art and began sharing photos of his vibrant work to brighten up moody, run-down streets and experiment with abstract forms.

Two weeks before his death, he posted the last known publicly shared image on Instagram.

About his art websitewhere he sold his work, his biography read: ‘I’m a good person. I’m doing nothing illegal illegal or at least I don’t do illegal things that hurt the people in front of me, if that makes sense.

The actor said his father, an amateur artist, introduced him to painting at a young age.

He said that spending time in Los Angeles as an adult, he became “overwhelmed” by anxiety and depression, which “ultimately produced a spiritual clarity that led him to begin painting his problems, one by one.”

A source told DailyMail.com: “He had been having a difficult time lately with his career and was pulled in many directions.”

Hayden is heartbroken. He was his best friend and his only brother.

“He was a very nice guy, but he lived on the edge.”

His sister has yet to publicly address the unexpected passing of her brother.

Jansen Panettiere worked as an artist, experimenting with abstract shapes and vibrant colors.

After struggling with anxiety and depression, Jansen said that art helped him paint his problems.

Jansen seen in roles in The Martial Arts Kid (2015) and The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2009)

Jansen Panettiere had started out as a child actor with ties to Even Stevens, Hope & Faith, and Third Watch.

With his sister, he steadily built a portfolio of well-known titles, going on to voice acting in Racing Stripes, Robots, and Ice Age: The Meltdown.

Later, she began to find her own way, taking on adult roles in a variety of films and working among the stars.

She is survived by her mother, Lesley, and her father, Skip.