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Kay Panabaker (born Stephanie Kay Panabaker on May 2, 1990) is an American actress.

Biography

Early life

Panabaker was born in Orange, Texas. She started out 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 is currently a junior history major at UCLA. 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 has guest-starred in several television dramas and soap operas. She portrayed 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 appeared in Dead Heat as Sam LaRoche; American Girls: Kit's World as Kit Kittrege; and did some voice work in the Disney/Pixar film, Monsters, Inc.. which was a very successful movie

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 friend of, and foil to, Pim Diffy (played by Amy Bruckner). She starred in Life Is Ruff as Emily Watson alongside Kyle Massey and Mitchel Musso. She starred 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

Television

External links

• Official site of Kay Panabaker

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