Background
Panabaker was born in Orange, Texas, to Donna (née Mayock) and Harold Panabaker.
Panabaker was born in Orange, Texas, to Donna (née Mayock) and Harold Panabaker.
In Naperville, Illinois, Kay attended Crone Middle School for sixth grade, and moved to Los Angeles, California, at the start of seventh grade. 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 degree with honors when she was 15.
She was accepted by the University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles), History Program as a junior and completed her bachelor of arts in history before she turned 18.
She is known for her roles as Debbie Berwick on Philosophy of the Future and Nikki Westerly on Summerland. Her older sister is actress Danielle Panabaker. Following in Danielle"s footsteps, she started acting at various community theatres in Chicago, Illinois.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
And Atlanta, Georgia. Between projects, Kay focuses on her academics.
Panabaker has guest-starred in several television dramas and soap operas. She portrayed Alice Brand in 7th Heaven, Melissa Rue in Emergency, Sara in Portuguese Charles, Carrie Bauer in The Brothers García, Ellisha in Medium, and Lindsey Willows in Computer Society of India: 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, Incorporated. Panabaker"s breakout role came when she starred in The World Bank"s Summerland as Nikki Westerly, in the 2004-2005 season. She also appeared as George in the 2007 Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills alongside Emma Roberts and Amy Bruckner.
She starred in Life Is Ruff as Emily Watson alongside Kyle Massey and Mitchel Musso.
In 2006, Panabaker was in the first Disney Channel Games, on the Red Team with Zac Efron, Anneliese van der Political, Moises Arias, Dylan Sprouse, and Shin Koyamada as part of the Disney Channel"s So Hot Summer!. Movies 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.
Panabaker starred in the American Broadcasting Company sci-fi drama series Number Ordinary Family (2010-2011).
The series ran 20 episodes. Panabaker played Samantha Caldone in the American Broadcasting Company Family movie Cyberbully (2011).