Kay Panabaker Biography,Age,Acting,Zoology,Films,Awards

Kay Panabaker Biography

Kay Panabaker born Stephanie Kay Panabaker  is an American zoologist and former actress. She is best known for her roles in the 2009 reboot of ‘Fame’ as Jenny Garison , Debbie Berwick on ‘Phil of the Future’ and Nikki Westerly on ‘Summerland’. She is the younger sister of Danielle Panabaker.

Kay Panabaker Age | Birthday

Panabaker was born on May 2, 1990 in Orange, Texas. She is 29 years old in 2019.

Kay Panabaker Parents

Panabaker was born in Texas, to her parents Donna Panabaker and Harold Panabaker.  As her father’s sales job took them across the country, the family spent time in South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and, for a short time around Panabaker’s kindergarten year, in Orange, Texas.

Kay Panabaker Early Acting Career

Kay Followed her older sister Danielle’s footsteps, she started acting at various community theatres in Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Atlanta, Georgia. In Naperville, Illinois, Kay attended Crone Middle School for sixth grade, and moved to Los Angeles, California, at the start of seventh grade.

Kay Panabaker High School | Valedictorian

Between projects, Kay focused on her academics. She graduated from high school as valedictorian when she was 13 years old. Kay received two academic scholarships from Glendale Community College, where she studied acting and was on the Dean’s list. She graduated with an associate’s degree with honors when she was 15. She was accepted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), History Program as a junior and completed her Bachelor of Arts in history before she turned 18.

Kay Panabaker Acting | Summerland

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 García, Ellisha in Medium, and Lindsey Willows in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, to name a few. In film, she appeared in Dead Heat as Sam LaRoche; 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 2004–05 season. She also appeared as George in the 2007 Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills alongside Emma Roberts and Amy Bruckner.

Kay Panabaker Phil of the Future

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. In July 2006, she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Read It and Weep (based on the book How My Private Personal Journal Became a Bestseller), in which her sister Danielle also stars. In 2006, Panabaker was in the first 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!.

Kay Panabaker Movie Appearances

Movies that she has featured in include Moondance Alexander and The Prince and the Pauper with Dylan and Cole Sprouse. Panabaker starred in the remake of Fame as Jenny, an actress; the film was released in theaters on September 25, 2009. She also played the teenaged Kitty Walker on Brothers and Sisters.

Panabaker starred in the ABC sci-fi drama series No Ordinary Family, which ran for a single season ending in 2011 after 20 episodes. In 2011, Panabaker played Samantha Caldone in the ABC Family movie Cyberbully.

Kay Panabaker zoology

After playing Rosa in ‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta’ in 2012,Panabaker retired from acting. She eventually went on to study zoology at UCLA. As of 2016 she works as an animal keeper at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

@TheRachaelE I just lost the love for acting. Life is short, we spend so much time at work, gotta do what you love ? and I love my job!!

— Kay Panabaker (@KayPanabaker) May 4, 2016

Kay Panabaker Film| Movies

Kay Panabaker Television Roles