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Danielle Panabaker
Born	Danielle Nicole Panabaker September 19, 1987 (1987-09-19) (age 22) Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
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Danielle Nicole Panabaker (born September 19, 1987) is an American actress. She was a cast member in the CBS drama Shark, and appeared in the films Mr. Brooks, Sky High, and Friday the 13th, among other projects. She is best known to younger audiences for her roles in the Disney Channel films Stuck in the Suburbs and Read It and Weep along with her younger sister Kay.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Awards 4 Filmography 4.1 Movies 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Panabaker was born in Augusta, Georgia,¹ to Donna and Harold Panabaker. Her younger sister Kay Panabaker is also an actress. Panabaker took a theater class at a summer camp and discovered her enjoyment in acting, so she started acting in community theaters at the age of 12, later auditioning for commercials. After moving to Naperville, Illinois, Panabaker went to Crone Middle School and later Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville and participated in the speech team. She graduated from high school as valedictorian when she was only 14 years old.² Later, feeling it was the only way to land acting roles regularly, Panabaker relocated to Los Angeles, California in order to pursue an acting career. In 2005, she earned her associate's degree and appeared on the National Dean's List. In the fall of 2006 she began her senior year at the University of California, Los Angeles, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in June 2007.

Career

Panabaker followed her initial appearances in commercials with roles in television, including a part in the series, The Guardian (for which she won a Young Artist Award), as well as other television series including Malcolm in the Middle, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Medium, Summerland, and the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. She has also appeared in the Lifetime Television productions Sex and the Single Mom and Mom at Sixteen, as well as the well-reviewed miniseries Empire Falls. In addition, Panabaker also appeared in stage productions with roles in musical theater, including West Side Story, Pippin, Once Upon A Time, and Beauty Lou and the Country Beast. In 2005, Panabaker co-starred in two widely released theatrical films, Sky High and Yours, Mine and Ours. Her next role will be in the film Home of the Giants, opposite Ryan Merriman and Haley Joel Osment. She also had a supporting role in the film Mr. Brooks opposite Kevin Costner. In the Disney Channel original movie Read It and Weep, she plays "Is", an alternate version of Jamie, who is played by her sister Kay. Panabaker was added to the cast of the CBS television drama pilot Shark, as "Julie Stark", the main character's daughter. She had a regular role in the series, which ran for two years. Although she sometimes only appeared in a scene or two an episode, and was absent from three episodes in the series run, she was second billed only to James Woods.³ Panabaker recently played Jenna, a main character of the much anticipated Friday the 13th reboot along with Jared Padalecki.⁴ Danielle attended Glendale Community College to study acting. Panabaker next starred in the Jennifer Tilly film Renaissance Girl, as well as the films The Crazies and The Ward.⁵

Awards

• Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Series, Guest Starring Actress (The Guardian, 2004)
• Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Special (Searching for David's Heart, 2005)

Filmography

Movies

Feature films, television films, and mini-series.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	No Place Like Home		mini-series
	Sex and the Single Mom	Sara Gradwell	made-for-television
2004	Stuck in the Suburbs	Brittany Aarons	leading role/ made-for-television
	Searching for David's Heart	Darcy Deeton	leading role/ made-for-television
2005	Mom at Sixteen	Jacey Jeffries	leading role/ made-for-television
	Empire Falls	Tick Roby	supporting/ mini-series
	Sky High	Layla Williams	main
	Rule Number One	Grace Jones
	Yours, Mine and Ours	Phoebe North	supporting
2006	Read It and Weep	"Is"	supporting/ made-for-television
2007	Mr. Brooks	Jane Brooks
2008	Home of the Giants	Bridgette
2009	Friday the 13th	Jenna	main
2010	Renaissance Girl	Kimber	pre-production
	The Crazies6	Becca
	The Ward	Sarah	post-production
	Weakness7	Danielle	pre-production

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
2002	Family Affair	Parker LeeAnn Aldays	Guest; Episode "Ballroom Blitz"
2003	The Bernie Mac Show	Chelsea	Guest; Episode "Raging Election"
	Malcolm in the Middle	Kathy McCulskey	Guest; Episode "Reese's Party"
	The Guardian	Samantha Gray	Guest; Episode "The Father-Daughter Dance"
2004	The Division	Melissa Ringston	Guest; Episode, "As I Was Going to St. Ives... "
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Carrie Lynn Eldridge	Guest; Episode "Intoxicated"
	Summerland	Faith	Recurring
2006-2008	Shark	Julie Stark	Series regular
2008	Eli Stone	Genny Clarke	Guest; Episode "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Kelsey	Guest; Episode "Holidaze"
2010	Medium	Summer Lowry	Guest; Episode "Psych"

References

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External links

• Official site of Danielle Panabaker
• Danielle Panabaker at CBS.com
• Danielle Panabaker at the Internet Movie Database
• Danielle Panabaker at TV.com