Danielle Panabaker Biography

Birth Name :Danielle Nicole Panabaker 

Date of Birth : 19 September 1987, Georgia, USA 

Nickname : Grace 

Height : 5' 7½" (1.71 m) 

Occupation : Actress

Danielle Panabaker is recognized by adults for her television roles on CBS, NBC, and HBO, by teens for her starring roles in Disney and Paramount big-screen comedies, and by tweens and younger (as well as their parents) for her appearances on The Disney Channel.  An award-winning actress herself, Danielle has worked with more than a dozen Oscar and Emmy winners in just 5 years of professional work.  A recent graduate of UCLA, Danielle is currently seen each week on the CBS drama "Shark" playing James Woods' daughter, who he refers to as "the white teen Oprah".   

On the big screen, Danielle was seen most recently in "Mr. Brooks" where she played the daughter of Kevin Costner and Marg Helgenberger.  Prior to that she was seen in Disney's feature film "Sky High," where she played Layla, the socially conscious best friend of main character Will Stronghold, and in "Yours, Mine & Ours" as the oldest daughter in a blended family with 18 kids.  She will soon be seen in "Home of the Giants" which stars Haley Joel Osment and Ryan Merriman.  

Panabaker geared up her acting career by appearing on television in numerous guest parts. Advertising campaigns were soon followed by roles on the small screen, including booked roles on the series "The Guardian" (CBS, 2001-04), which earned Panabaker a Young Artist Award. She also guested on established shows - from the family sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" (Fox, 2000- ), the crime drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (USA, 1999- ), as well as her sister Kay's primetime soap, "Summerland."

Made for television movies also gave Panabaker the opportunity to showcase her thespian skills. She starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Stuck in the Suburbs" (2004) with fellow teen acting sensation Brenda Song. Panabaker took on diverse, more challenging roles in Lifetime Television for Women's "Sex and the Single Mom" (2003) and "Mom at Sixteen" (2005). In the miniseries "Empire Falls," (HBO, 2005) she played opposite acting greats Paul Newman, Helen Hunt, and Ed Harris. Panabaker demonstrated her wide range of acting skills with these roles, so it was only a matter of time that she got offered a big screen role.