Hayden Panettiere dies, aged 36: Audio of 911 call reveals suspected 'overdose'

US actress Hayden Panettiere , who was best known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, has died aged 36 . Her death was confirmed by her representatives and followed with a statement.

The statement from her father Skip read: “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.”

At present, no cause of death has been announced, but it has been reported that the police were responding to a call about a suspected "cardiac arrest", with audio from TMZ confirming dispatchers suspected "overdose".

A preliminary police investigation has confirmed there were no signs of "foul play or suspicious circumstances" when they arrived at her home after a 911 emergency call from an acquaintance of Panettiere's.

Celebrities including Selma Blair, Viola Davis, Rosie O'Donnell, and singer JoJo have all paid tribute to the star as her former co-stars reach out across the globe.

Her final interviews have also uncovered some of her candid recent comments as she discussed giving up custody of her daughter while struggling with addiction in one of her final interviews.

People and Mail Online have reported that dispatchers could be heard on 911 audio saying Panettiere had suffered a suspected overdose. This has yet to be officially confirmed.

In audio of a 911 call made on Sunday at 13:51, a female dispatcher described a woman suffering from a suspected "cardiac arrest."

Soon after this, a male dispatcher could be heard saying that Panettiere had suffered a suspected "overdose" at the home in Greenville.

"From a very young age, I lost the chance to have a normal childhood, friends, relationships, and my privacy," Panettiere wrote in her revealing autobiography, This Is Me published earlier this year.

The star began appearing in adverts at just 11 months old, and appeared in TV series and soaps such as One Life To Live, Guiding Light, and Ally McBeal when she was a child in the 90s.

She revealed to The Hollywood Reporter while promoting the book: "I think it’s the way I was raised. I was groomed. I was like a little soldier and I always have been. No was never an option. It was just, here are your scenes, here’s your dialogue, memorize it, hit the marks, do what your director tells you to do. I took my marching orders."

When asked how she realised it was abnormal she said: "When I started self-harming in the form of substance abuse. My people pleasing had built up and up, it was anger and anxiety and frustration. My life revolved around other people, and I lived to make other people happy and I was the last one on the list.

"The pressure of that built and built and just exploded. I started figuring out any way I could get through it. Sometimes they’ll say in treatment that, believe it or not, our addictions probably saved us at a certain point."