Career

Panabaker followed her initial appearances in commercials with roles in television, including a part in The Guardian (for which she won a Young Artist Award), as well as other television series including Malcolm in the Middle, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Medium, and Summerland, and the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. She also appeared in the Lifetime Television productions Sex and the Single Mom and Mom at Sixteen, as well as the well-reviewed miniseries Empire Falls.[4] She considers Empire Falls to be her big break, as it gave her the confidence to pursue her career.[4] In addition, Panabaker appeared in stage productions with roles in musical theater, including West Side Story, Pippin, Once upon a Time, and Beauty Lou and the Country Beast. In 2004, she starred in the ABC film "Searching for David's Heart", alongside co-former Disney star Ricky Ullman. In 2005, Panabaker co-starred in two widely released theatrical films, Sky High and Yours, Mine and Ours. Her next role was in the film Home of the Giants (2008), opposite Ryan Merriman and Haley Joel Osment. She also had a supporting role in the film Mr. Brooks opposite Kevin Costner. In the Disney Channel original movie Read It and Weep, she plays Is, an alternate version of Jamie, who was played by her real-life sister Kay.

Panabaker cast in the CBS television drama pilot Shark as Julie Stark, the main character's daughter. She had a regular role in the series, which ran for two years. Although she sometimes only appeared in a scene or two an episode, and was absent from three episodes in the series run, she was billed second to the star, James Woods.[7]

In 2009, Panabaker played Jenna, a main character in 2009's Friday the 13th remake along with Jared Padalecki.[8] Panabaker next starred in the films The Crazies and The Ward.[9]

In 2011, Panabaker starred as Katie Lapp, the lead character in the Hallmark Movie The Shunning, based on the novel by Beverly Lewis. She was to reprise her role in the 2013 sequel The Confession,[10] but a scheduling conflict forced her to drop out. The role was recast, going to Katie Leclerc.[11]

In 2013, she starred in another Hallmark Channel Original 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.[12]

In 2014, Panabaker starred in Bradley D. King's award-winning science-fiction film Time Lapse,[13] for which she won the award for Best Actor/Actress at the 2014 London Independent Film Festival.[14] Since October 2014, she has played Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost as a main character in the CW series The Flash.[15][16] Panabaker will make her directorial debut during the fifth season of The Flash.[17]

Personal life

Panabaker volunteers for multiple organizations including the Art of Elysium, Unicef, and Young Storytellers Foundation.[18] In July 2016, Panabaker announced that she was engaged to her longtime boyfriend Hayes Robbins.[19][20] They were married on June 24, 2017.[21]

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Awards and nominations

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