Fans are revisiting the 2005 family sports comedy-drama Ice Princess following the reported death of actress Hayden Panettiere, who starred in the film alongside Michelle Trachtenberg.
The two actresses appeared together in the beloved coming-of-age movie nearly two decades before their deaths, with Trachtenberg playing the central character and Panettiere portraying one of her biggest rivals.
Panettiere reportedly died on August 16, 2026, at the age of 36. Her cause of death had not been publicly established in the information surrounding the report.
Trachtenberg died earlier, at the age of 39.
The news has prompted longtime viewers to look back at Ice Princess and the connection
