Danielle Panabaker

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, Sky High (2005) and Read It and Weep (2006), and in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005). She won three Young Artist Awards: for guest-starring in an episode of the legal drama television series The Guardian (2004), for her lead role in the TV film Searching for David's Heart (2005) and for her ensemble performance in the family comedy film Yours, Mine & Ours (2005).

Panabaker came to wider attention as a cast member in the CBS legal drama series Shark (2006–2008) and is also noted as a scream queen, having starred in the psychological thriller Mr. Brooks (2007) and the horror films Friday the 13th (2009), The Crazies (2010), John Carpenter's The Ward (2010) and Piranha 3DD (2012).

After starring in recurring roles on Necessary Roughness (2011–2013), Bones (2012–2013) and Justified (2014), Panabaker guest-starred as Caitlin Snow on The CW television series Arrow in April 2014. The actress was then included as Snow in the main cast of the spin-off series The Flash, which premiered that October. Starting with the series' second season, Panabaker began playing the character's alter ego Killer Frost in different capacities, in conjunction with her role as Snow, leading to subsequent guest appearances on Arrow, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow. For her role on The Flash as Frost, Panabaker has been nominated for five Teen Choice Awards and won the 2019 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television.

Early life Panabaker was born in Augusta, Georgia, to Donna (née Mayock) and Harold Panabaker. Her younger sister, Kay Panabaker, was also an actress and is currently working as a zoologist. 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. She took a theater class at a summer camp, discovered her love of acting, and started acting in community theaters at the age of 12, later auditioning for commercials.

After moving to Naperville, Illinois, in 2000, Panabaker also took ballet and pointe classes up until she was fifteen. In 2003, feeling it was the only way to land acting roles regularly, Panabaker, her sister, and their mother relocated to Los Angeles, California, so she could pursue an acting career. In 2009, Panabaker played Jenna, a main character in the Friday the 13th reboot. Panabaker next starred in the films The Crazies and The Ward.

In 2011, Panabaker starred as Katie Lapp, the lead character in the Hallmark Channel movie The Shunning, based on the novel by Beverly Lewis. She was to reprise her role in the 2013 sequel The Confession, but a scheduling conflict forced her to drop out, and the role was recast. In 2013, she starred in another Hallmark Channel movie, Nearlyweds. 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. In 2014, Panabaker starred in Bradley D. King's award-winning science-fiction film Time Lapse, for which she won the award for Best Actor/Actress at the 2014 London Independent Film Festival.

In April 2014, Panabaker guest-starred as Caitlin Snow in a second-season episode of the CW series Arrow; she was later included, playing Snow, in the main cast of the spin-off series The Flash. Panabaker made her directorial debut with the eighteenth episode of the series' fifth season, entitled "Godspeed".

Charity work Panabaker volunteers for multiple organizations including the Art of Elysium, UNICEF, and Young Storytellers Foundation. In May and June 2019, Panabaker, DC Comics co-publisher Jim Lee, writer Tom King, and fellow CW series actresses Nafessa Williams and Candice Patton toured five U.S. military bases in Kuwait with the United Service Organizations (USO), where they visited the approximately 12,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in that country as part of DC's 80th anniversary of Batman celebration.

Personal life In July 2016, Panabaker announced that she was engaged to her longtime boyfriend, entertainment attorney Hayes Robbins, and they married on June 24, 2017. They have two children, born in 2020

Filmography

Film

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" Sex and the Single Mom Sara Gradwell Television film The Guardian Samantha Gray Episode: "The Father-Daughter Dance" 2004 The Division Melissa Ringston Episode: "As I Was Going to St. Ives..." Stuck in the Suburbs Brittany AaronsTelevision film Searching for David's Heart Darcy DeetonTelevision film 2005 Mom at Sixteen Jacey JeffriesTelevision film Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Carrie Lynn Eldridge Episode: "Intoxicated" Empire Falls Christina "Tick" Roby Television miniseries Summerland Faith Episodes: "Safe House", "Careful What You Wish For" 2006 Read It and Weep Isabella Television film 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 The Shunning Katie Lapp Television film Memphis Beat Sister Katherine Episode: "Flesh and Blood" 2011–2013 Necessary Roughness Juliette Pittman Recurring role (seasons 1–2) 2012 Intercept Kat Television film Grimm Ariel Eberhart Episode: "Plumed Serpent" 2012; 2014 Franklin & Bash Bonnie Appel Episodes: "Voir Dire", "Spirits in the Material World" 2012–2013 Bones Olivia Sparling Episodes: "The Gunk in the Garage", "The Shot in the Dark" 2013 Nearlyweds Erin Television film Mad Men Daisy McCluskey Episode: "For Immediate Release" The Glades Holly Harper Episode: "Happy Trails" 2014 Justified Penny Cole Recurring role (season 5) Recipe for Love Lauren Hennessey Television film 2014–2015; 2017–2018 Arrow Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost Recurring role (seasons 2–4, 6–7); 5 episodes 2014–2023 The Flash Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost / Frost / Khione Main role; also director (5 episodes, season 5–9) 2016–2017; 2020 Legends of Tomorrow Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost Episodes: "Invasion!", "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" & "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 5" 2017–2018 Supergirl Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost Episodes: "Crisis on Earth X, Part 1" & "Elseworld, Part 3" 2018 Christmas Joy Joy Holbrook Television film 2025 Second Guessing Fate Gemma Television film 2026 Crowning at the Prom Abigail Television film

Music videos "Misfit" (2003) by Amy Studt, as school girl

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Awards and nominations