Kim Cattrall pays tribute to “Ice Princess” daughter Hayden Panettiere — less than 2 years after costar Michelle Trachtenberg’s death
Kim Cattrall pays tribute to “Ice Princess” daughter Hayden Panettiere — less than 2 years after costar Michelle Trachtenberg’s death
Marina WattsMon, August 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM UTC
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Kim Cattrall; Hayden Panettiere; Michelle TrachtenbergCredit: Mike Marsland/WireImage; Angela Weiss/Getty; Rodin Eckenroth/WireImageKey Points -
Kim Cattrall paid tribute to her Ice Princess daughter Hayden Panettiere.
“Rest in peace sweet Hayden. Gone far too soon,” Cattrall wrote sharing a picture from the movie.
Panettiere’s Aug. 16 at 36 death comes less than two years after their costar Michelle Trachtenberg died at 39.
Kim Cattrall is mourning her Ice Princessmovie daughter Hayden Panettiere.
The Sex and the City alum posted a picture of her and Panettiere, who died on Sunday at 36, from the 2005 Disney movie. “Rest in peace sweet Hayden. Gone far too soon 💔,” she captioned the image.
Panettiere’s death comes less than two years after their Ice Princess costar Michelle Trachtenbergdied in February 2025 from complications of diabetes.
“Rest in peace sweet Michelle 💔,” Cattrall wrote at the time on Instagram with a picture of them on set at an ice rink.
Fans mourned the untimely deaths of the two actresses. Panettiere died five days before her 37th birthday, while Tratchtenberg was 39. “Now the two skaters are in the sky 😢😢😢😢,” one wrote. “no way this is so sad … first michelle and now hayden,” another said.
“Oh my God, this is so sad. She played your daughter in Ice Princess. It was already heartbreaking that Michelle Trachtenberg passed away last year, and now it’s Hayden too. I can’t believe it,” a third commented. Many left heart emojis for Cattrall as well, sending their love.
Both Panettiere and Trachtenberg began acting at very early ages. Panettiere started in commercials as a toddler before appearing in the soap opera One Life to Live. Tratchtenberg’s television debut was in a Wisk commercial at 3 years old. She got her first acting credit in Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Pete & Pete.
They would go on to star on various television series and in movies. In Ice Princess, Trachtenberg and Panettiere played ice skating rivals who become friends.
Hayden Panettiere and Michelle Trachtenberg in New York in September 2011Credit: Alli Harvey/Getty
In her last public appearance, Panettiere spoke about she wanted to be remembered. As she promoted her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning in May, she said people “within the industry and outside of the industry” had approached her to share their own stories after she was candid about her struggles with drug and alcohol abuse and postpartum depression.
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“Because you’ve talked about your mental health, it gave me the courage to be honest about mine and get myself help, and you saved my life,” Panettiere said several people told her.
“I was like, this is worth it,” Panettiere recalled at the time. “I can hopefully leave the world a better place than I found it. The strength is in our vulnerability.”
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A rep for the actress shared in a statement with Entertainment Weekly on behalf of Panettiere’s father, Alan “Skip” Panettiere, that she had died on Aug. 16. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” the statement read.
“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. We ask for privacy as our family takes time to process this unimaginable loss.”
Hayden Panettiere and Kim Cattrall in ‘Ice Princess’Credit: Rafy/Disney
Per a 911 call obtained by EW’s sister site PEOPLE, Panettiere suffered from an apparent “overdose” and “cardiac arrest,” and paramedics attempted to resuscitate her with “advanced cardiac life support.”
On Monday, the Greenville County Coroner’s Office revealed in a report obtained by Entertainment Weekly that “an autopsy was completed today” for Panettiere and there were “no signs of trauma” that “would have contributed to the death.”
“The cause and manner of death remain pending further investigation and the completion of additional studies. This investigation remains active and ongoing,” the reported added. “No further details are available for release at this time.”
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