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Born | Stephanie Kay Panabaker |
Height | 5ft (1.52 m) |
Stephanie Kay Panabaker (born May 2, 1990) is an American film and television actress.
Biography
Early life
Kay Panabaker was born in Orange, Texas to Donna and Harold Panabaker. 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. In Chicago she went to Crone Middle School for 6th grade, moved out to L.A. when she was going into 7th.
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.. 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 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 was 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 as part of the Disney Channel's So Hot Summer in 2006.
She will also appear in the television movie "Custody of the Heart" which is expected to be released in late 2007.
Awards and honors
- 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 YoungActress (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.)
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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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 | George | Supporting |
High School Musical 2 | Allyson Garfield | (not confirmed) | |
Moondance Alexander | Moondance Alexander | Lead |
Television
Year | Series | Role | Other notes |
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2002 | Port Charles | Sara | Guest |
Fillmore! | Guest | ||
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | Kelly | Guest | |
Angel | Mesekthet, the White Room Little Girl | 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 | Recurring |
American Dragon: Jake Long | Lacey | Guest | |
Disney Channel Games 2006 | herself | Series regular | |
2007 | Two and a half men | Sophie | Guest |
The Winner | Viveca | Guest | |
Disney Channel Games 2007 | herself | Series regular |