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My Take
Danielle Panabaker is a child-actor success story that actually stuck, which always earns my respect. She broke through young in those Disney films and collected several Young Artist Awards, then did the hard part: surviving the transition to adult roles instead of vanishing. What interests me most is that she moved behind the camera into directing, a move that signals real command of the craft rather than just on-screen charisma. Her UCLA education probably helped. I tend to trust performers who bet on growth and longevity over flash, and she reads to me as exactly that kind of grounded, durable professional.
Overview
Danielle Nicole Panabaker (born September 19, 1987) is an American actress. She began acting as a teenager and came to prominence for her roles in the Disney films Stuck in the Suburbs (2004), Sky High (2005) and Read It and Weep (2006), and in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Danielle Panabaker
- Name (Japanese)
- ダニエル・パナベイカー
- Reading
- だにえる・ぱなべいかー
- Born
- September 19, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Augusta, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / stage actor / film actor / television director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Neuqua Valley High School
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
Awards & achievements
- 2004 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress
- 2005 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actress
- 2006 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.