Danielle Nicole Panabaker is an American actress. Her Disney debut role was playing Brittany Aarons in the 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. She also portrayed Layla Williams in the 2005 superhero comedy film Sky High, Isabella in Read It and Weep, and Kelsey Simmons in the ABC TV show Grey's Anatomy.
Outside of Disney, she is best known for her role as Christina "Tick" Roby in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls, as well as guest-starring in an episode of the CBS legal drama series The Guardian (in which she won three Young Artist Awards). She is also well-known for her lead role as Darcy Deeton in the 2005 telefilm Searching for David's Heart, and for her ensemble performance as Phoebe North in the 2005 family comedy film Yours, Mine & Ours. She currently plays Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost in The CW superhero series The Flash.
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 went to Crone Middle School and then Neuqua Valley High School, participating in the speech team. She graduated from high school when she was 14 years old. Panabaker also took ballet and pointe classes up until she was 15. 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.
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