Kay Panabaker

Kay Panabaker

Birth name	Stephanie Kay Panabaker
Born	May 2, 1990 (age 16) Orange, Texas
Notable roles	Nikki Westerly - Summerland Debbie Berwick - Phil of the Future Emily Watson - Life is Ruff Jamie Bartlet - Read It and Weep

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

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 13 as a valedictorian and then received an Associate's degree at the age of 15 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.

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 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. She also appeared in Jordan Pruitt's music video for "Outside Looking In".

She says she if wouldn't had be an actress, she'd be a beautician, flight attendant, a teacher.

Kay Panabaker

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.)

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2001	Monsters, Inc.	Various	Voices
2002	American Girls: Kit's World	Kit Kittredge	Lead
2002	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 Garfiel	(not confirmed)
	Moondance Alexander	Moondance Alexander	Lead

Year	Series	Role	Other notes
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
2003	The Brothers Garcia	Carrie Bauer	Recurring
2004	Summerland	Nikki Westerly	Series regular
2004	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	herself	Series regular

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