Juliette Barnes

Juliette Barnes
Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes
Nashville character
Portrayed by	Hayden Panettiere
Duration	2012–
First appearance	October 10, 2012 (episode 1.01; "Pilot")
Created by	Callie Khouri
Profile
Occupation	Country Singer, Songwriter
Residence	Nashville, Tennessee
Parents Unnamed Father (Deceased) Jolene Barnes (Deceased) Spouse Sean Butler (m. 2013); Annulled Avery Barkley (m. 2014, d. 2015) Children Cadence Barkley (Daughter)

Juliette Jolene Barnes is a fictional character and one of the two leads in the ABC/CMT musical drama series Nashville. Juliette is portrayed by actress Hayden Panettiere since the pilot episode, which aired on October 10, 2012. Juliette was a teenage country sensation and is now making more mature music. She tries to take the throne, as Queen of Country music, from rival Rayna Jaymes. Panettiere has received critical acclaim for her performance as Juliette and she has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television Series Drama in 2013 and 2014, a Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2012 and a Teen Choice Award for Television Actress: Drama in 2013 and 2015.

The casting of Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes was announced on February 29, 2012. Juliette was characterized as an up-and-coming country-pop diva and rival of series co-lead Rayna Jaymes, a fading country star played by Connie Britton. Although best known as an actress, Panettiere had a brief music career, recording songs for several films between 2004 and 2007 and planning to release an album. Though she co-wrote and recorded some songs for it, it was never completed or released. She later explained: "I quit after about four or five years of recording, and I said this is not me. But I said that if I was ever going to do music again, I would do country music, and for this [Nashville] to come along and to get both of the things I love [acting and country music] combined in one show, it's a dream come true."