Hayden Panettiere 's first starring role in a Disney feature film came when she was eighteen years old .
She began her acting career by playing Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live 1994 - 97 , and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light 1996 - 2000 , before starring at age 10 as Sheryl Yoast in the Disney feature film Remember the Titans .
Hayden Panettiere