Born in Georgia, sixteen-year-old Danielle Panabaker started acting in Community Theater at age twelve. Her parents had enrolled her in a camp that had a theatrical class as a way to interact with other children and as a confidence booster. Danielle not only enjoyed the experience, but also excelled at it. She was soon auditioning for local theater and commercials. After her father's job relocated the family to the Chicago area Danielle realized that the only way she could truly succeed in the “business” was to come to Los Angeles.

Danielle left her freshman year of High School in the Chicago area to visit Los Angeles. In the three months she spent in Los Angeles that spring, she screen tested for two pilots and aced the California High School Proficiency Exam. Feeling that the only way she could get acting roles was to relocate permanently to Los Angeles, Danielle relocated to Los Angeles in the fall of 2002 to pursue her acting career as well as continue her education. At 14 she was accepted into the Scholar’s Program at a local Community College, a privilege extended to only a small percentage of students based on academic history, test scores, teacher recommendations and essay.

Since relocating to Los Angeles, Danielle has been busy working, with numerous acting credits and even a producing credit under her belt by the age of 16. In addition to numerous commercials, Danielle has appeared on television in The Guardian, Malcolm in the Middle, Family Affair, CSI, The Division, The Bernie Mac Show and the pilot for FOX Television No Place Like Home, where she was a series regular. She was also the lead in the Lifetime movie "Sex and the Single Mom." Danielle has also appeared on film in Surviving Christmas, with Ben Affleck, for Dreamworks/Columbia Pictures that is slated for a fall release. Danielle spent last fall in Maine filming "Empire Falls" for HBO with Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ed Harris, Helen Hunt, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Dennis Farina. Recently Danielle traveled to New Orleans to play the lead in a Disney Channel movie entitled "Stuck in the Suburbs".

If she couldn't be an actress when she gets older, Danielle sees herself as an attorney specializing in litigation. When not working Danielle lives in Los Angeles with her parents and sister Kay, who is also an actress. Her loyal Yorkshire terrier, Peanut, rounds out the family. While work and school keep her busy, Danielle also enjoys shopping, reading, dancing, and practicing with her driver's license.

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