Danielle Panabaker Biography

Danielle Nicole Panabaker (born September 19, 1987) is an American actress. She is best known to younger audiences for her roles in the Disney Channel films Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) and Read It and Weep (2006), along with her younger sister Kay Panabaker. She came to prominence as a cast member alongside James Woods in the CBS legal drama series Shark (2006"2008) and is also noted as a Scream Queen, having starred in the horror films Friday the 13th (2009), The Crazies and John Carpenter's The Ward (both 2010) and Piranha 3DD (2012). Her other films include Sky High (2005) and Mr. Brooks (2007).

Early life

Panabaker was born in Augusta, Georgia, to Donna (née Mayock) and Harold Panabaker. Her younger sister, Kay Panabaker, is also an actress. Panabaker moved for a short time to Orange, Texas, around her kindergarten year. 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 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. 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, attending Glendale Community College to study acting. In 2005, she earned her associate 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, again appearing on the Dean's List.

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 as well as a creepy inhabitant of the "White Room" as an ancient being in the series Angel. She 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 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 was in the film Home of the Giants (2008), 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 was played by her real-life 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 billed second to the star, James Woods.

In 2009, Panabaker played Jenna, a main character of the Friday the 13th reboot along with Jared Padalecki. Panabaker next starred in the films The Crazies and The Ward. On May 5, 2013, Panabaker joined actors including Philip Baker Hall, Bill Pullman and Maggie Siff in performing at Cedering Fox's WordTheatre, where they read aloud contemporary short fiction.

Awards and recognition

• 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)
• Maxim Hot 100 2010- #83

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	No Place Like Home		TV film
	Sex and the Single Mom	Sara Gradwell
2004	Stuck in the Suburbs	Brittany Aarons
	Searching for David's Heart	Darcy Deeton
2005	Mom at Sixteen	Jacey Jeffries
	Sky High	Layla Williams
	Rule Number One	Grace Jones	Short film
	Yours, Mine and Ours	Phoebe North
2006	Read It and Weep	Isabella	TV film
2007	Mr. Brooks	Jane Brooks
	Home of the Giants	Bridgette 'Bridge' Bachman
2009	Friday the 13th	Jenna
2010	The Crazies	Becca
	The Ward	Sarah
	Weakness	Danielle
2011	The Shunning	Katie Lapp	TV film
2012	Intercept	Kat
	Girls Against Boys	Shae
	Piranha 3DD	Maddy
2013	The Nearlyweds	Erin	TV film
	Time Lapse	Callie	In post-production
2014	Deconstruction Red	Jamie Shawcross	In production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Family Affair	Parker LeeAnn Aldays	Episode: "Ballroom Blitz"
2003	The Bernie Mac Show	Chelsea	Episode: "Raging Election"
	Malcolm in the Middle	Kathy McCulskey	Episode: "Reese's Party"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Girl	Episode: "Play with Fire"
	The Guardian	Samantha Gray	Episode: "The Father-Daughter Dance"
	The Division	Melissa Ringston	Episode: "As I Was Going to St. Ives..."
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Carrie Lynn Eldridge	Episode: "Intoxicated"
	Empire Falls	Christina "Tick" Roby	Main role
	Summerland	Faith	Episode: "Safe House" Episode: "Careful What You Wish For"
2006"2008	Shark	Julie Stark	Main role
2008	Eli Stone	Genny Clarke	Episode: "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Kelsey Simmons	Episode: "Holidaze"
2010	Medium	Summer Lowry	Episode: "Psych"
	Family Guy	Hillary (voice)	Episode: "Brian Griffin's House of Payne"
	Law & Order: LA	Chelsea Sennett	Episode: "Hollywood"
	Chase	Carina Matthews	Episode: "Crazy Love"
2011	Memphis Beat	Sister Katherine	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
2011"present	Necessary Roughness	Juliette Pittman	Recurring role
2012	Grimm	Ariel Eberhart	Episode: "Plumed Serpent"
	Franklin & Bash	Bonnie Appel	Episode: "Voir Dire"
2012"present	Bones	FBI Special Agent Olivia Sparling	Episode: "The Gunk in the Garage" Episode: "The Shot in the Dark"
2013	Mad Men	Daisy McCluskey	Episode: "For Immediate Release"
	The Glades	Holly Harper	Episode: "Happy Trails"