Kay Panabaker

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Kay Panabaker

Stephanie Kay Panabaker, credited as Kay Panabaker (born May 2 1990 in Orange, Texas) is an American film and television actress.

Early life and education

Kay Panabaker was born in Orange, Texas and started acting at various community theaters in Chicago, Illinois, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Atlanta, Georgia. Among her earlier credits include leads in The Herbal Bed, Once Upon A Time and Winnie-the-Pooh as Roo. She has an older sister, Danielle Panabaker who is also an actress. Panabaker graduated from high school at the age of thirteen as a valedictorian and then received an Associate's degree at the age of fifteen from Glendale Community College. She plans to attend UCLA as a history-major 16-year-old junior in the fall of 2006. After completing a teaching degree, she plans to work as a fourth and fifth grade elementary school educator. When she is not acting, she enjoys traveling and has visited all fifty of the U.S. states.

Career

Panabaker guest-starred in several television dramas and soap operas. She was Alice Brand in 7th Heaven; Melissa Rue in ER; Sara in Port Charles; Carrie Bauer in The Brothers Garcia; Ellisha in Medium; Lindsey Willows in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; to name a few. In film, she starred in Dead Heat as Sam LaRoche; American Girls: Kit's World as Kitt Kittrege; and did voice work in the Disney/Pixar film, Monsters, Inc..

Panabaker's breakout role came when she starred in The WB's Summerland as Nikki Westerly, in the 2004-2005 season. She will also appear as George in the upcoming 2007 film Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills alongside Emma Roberts and Amy Bruckner.

Panabaker had a recurring role in Phil of the Future as strait-laced Debbie Berwick, a contrasting friend of Pim Diffy (played by Amy Bruckner). She starred in Life Is Ruff as Emily Watson alongside Kyle Massey and Mitchel Musso. She will star in the Disney Channel Original Movie Read It and Weep in July 2006 (based on the book How My Private Personal Journal Became a Bestseller), in which her sister Danielle also stars. Panabaker is in the first ever Disney Channel Games, on the Red Team, with Zac Efron, Anneliese van der Pol, Moises Arias, Dylan Sprouse, and Shin Koyamada.

Awards

• Won: Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Series (Comedy or Drama), Leading Young Actress (Summerland, 2005)
• Nominated: Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Series (Comedy or Drama), Recurring Young Actress (Phil of the Future, 2005.)
• Nominated: Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Series (Comedy or Drama), Guest Starring Young Actress (ER, 2004.)

Partial resumé

Film

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2001	Monsters, Inc.	Various	Voices
2002	American Girls: Kit's World	Kit Kittredge	Lead
	Dead Heat	Sam LaRoche	Lead
2005	Life Is Ruff	Emily Watson	Lead
2006	Read It and Weep	Jamie Bartlett	Lead
2007	Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills	George	Supporting

Television

Year	Series	Role	Other notes
2002	Port Charles	Sara	Guest
	Fillmore!		Guest
	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Kelly	Guest
	Angel	Mesectet	Recurring
	7th Heaven	Alice Brand	Guest
	ER	Melissa Rue	Guest
2003	The Division	Susie Jenkins	Guest
	The Brothers Garcia	Carrie Bauer	Recurring
2004	Summerland	Nikki Westerly	Series regular
	Phil of the Future	Debbie Berwick	Recurring
2005	Medium	Ellisha	Guest
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lindsey Willows	Guest
	American Dragon: Jake Long	Lacey	Guest
	Disney Channel Games	Kay Panabaker	Series regular

External links

• Kay Panabaker's Official Website
• Kay Panabaker at IMDb
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