Danielle Panabaker

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Danielle Panabaker
Birth name	Danielle Nicole Panabaker
Born	September 19, 1987 (age 19) Georgia, USA
Notable roles	Shark (2006) Sky High (2005) Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) Yours, Mine and Ours (2006) Read It and Weep (2007)

Danielle Nicole Panabaker (born September 19, 1987) is an American film and television actress.

Contents 1 Personal 2 Career 3 Awards 4 Selected Filmography 4.1 Films 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Personal

Danielle Panabaker was born in the state of Georgia, the elder of two children. Her younger sister Kay is also an actress. She 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 ten, later auditioning for commercials. After moving to Naperville, IL, Danielle went to Crone Middle School and later Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville and participated in the speech team. She graduated from the school when she was only 14 years old.^{[citation needed]} Later on, Panabaker (feeling it was the only way to get acting roles regularly) relocated to Los Angeles, California in order to pursue an acting career. In 2005 she earned her Associate's degree, and appears on the National Dean's List. In fall 2006 she will begin her senior year at UCLA.

[edit] 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 a few other major television series, including Malcolm in the Middle, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Stuck in the Suburbs, and Summerland. She has also appeared in the Lifetime Television productions Sex and the Single Mom and Mom at Sixteen, as well as the well-reviewed mini-series 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 the remake of the film Yours, Mine and Ours. Her next role will be in the film Home of the Giants, opposite Ryan Merriman and Haley Joel Osment. She will also have a supporting role in the independent film Mr. Brooks. 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.

Panabaker was added to the cast of the CBS television drama pilot Shark, as Julie Stark, the main character's daughter. She has a regular role in the series.^[1]

Panabaker was originally going to star as the lead in horror/thriller Solstice, but dropped out due to scheduling complications. Elisabeth Harnois then replaced her.

[edit] Awards

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

[edit] Selected Filmography

[edit] Films

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	made-for-television
	Ella Enchanted	Girl
	Searching for David's Heart	Darcy Deeton	made-for-television
2005	Mom at Sixteen	Jacey Jeffries	made-for-television
	Empire Falls	Tick Roby	mini-series
	Sky High (2005 film)	Layla Williams
	Rule Number One	Grace Jones
	Yours, Mine and Ours	Phoebe North
2006	Read It and Weep	Isabella (a.k.a. IS)	made-for-television
	Home of the Giants	Bridge
	Mr. Brooks	Jane Brooks

[edit] Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
2002	Family Affair	Parker LeeAnn Aldays	Guest
2003	The Bernie Mac Show	Chelsea	Guest
	Malcolm in the Middle	Kathy McCulskey	Guest
	The Guardian	Samantha Gray	Guest
2004	The Division	Melissa Ringston	Guest
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Carrie Lynn Eldridge	Guest
	Summerland	Faith	Recurring
2006	Shark	Julie Stark	Series regular

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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