Actress Hayden Panettiere has launched her own jewellery line.

The Heroes star has teamed up with a friend to design a collection of eco-friendly necklaces, composed of clay beads, stones and various animal charms, called Chain Gang L.A.

Speaking to InStyle magazine, she says, "We hand make them ourselves."

And the 22-year-old Remember the Titans beauty reveals she and her partner are hoping to start offering the part-feminine, part-punky range in stores in the near future.

She adds, "We'd really like to start in, maybe, little boutiques and have it be an underground thing."