Hayden Panettiere's 'Guiding Light' co-star Beth Chamberlin says she believed actress would overcome troubles

Hayden Panettiere’s former "Guiding Light" co-star Beth Chamberlin believed the actress would overcome the "troubled times" she faced and emerge as an even stronger performer before her sudden death at 36.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Chamberlin — who starred as Panettiere’s on-screen mom on the 90s soap opera — opened up about her "special bond" with the late child star and the resilience she saw in her through difficult times.

"When I would hear about some of the troubled times that she was going through, I would think to myself, ‘She’s gonna get through this, and watch out world,’" Chamberlin told Fox News Digital.

"Because when she gets through this, you are going to see some work on screen.

You’re going to see things like you’ve never seen.

I know Viola Davis made a comment that she is waiting to see what Hayden was going to fully become.

And I think that puts it best because I think, that's how I was feeling too." HAYDEN PANETTIERE DEAD AT 36 The "Heroes" and "Nashville" star was found dead inside a Greenville, South Carolina residence on Aug.

16.

Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, and his brother, Zach, called 911 after finding the actress unresponsive, according to a police report obtained by Fox News Digital.

Hickerson later gave authorities a bag containing medication Panettiere had allegedly been taking.

POLICE SHOW UP AT HOME LINKED TO HAYDEN PANETTIERE’S ON-AND-OFF BOYFRIEND DAYS AFTER HER SUDDEN DEATH Panettiere’s mother, Lesley Vogel, publicly raised questions about Brian’s role in her daughter’s life and death.

"Although my daughter and I were estranged, it was not for lack of care or love," she said in a statement to Entertainment Tonight .

"It was due to the involvement of a toxic individual who I believe led to her death." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Hayden was a beautiful and talented young woman who unfortunately became involved with the wrong person, and although her family tried to extricate him from her life, we were unable to be successful."⁠ Preliminary autopsy results found no signs of trauma that contributed to Panettiere’s death, the Greenville County Coroner's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital.

However, Panettiere's death remains under investigation.