Trivia

Graduated from high school in 2003 at age 13 and began her college career in the spring 2004 semester.

After retiring from acting in 2012, Kay Panabaker decided to pursue zoology. She now works as a zookeeper for Disney.

Received her Bachelor of Arts in History from UCLA, at age 17. (April 2008)

Her first kiss was with Zac Efron, when they both starred on the show, Summerland (2004).

Received her Associates (2-year) Degree in April 2006, at fifteen.

As of 2017, she has retired from acting and is working as a zookeeper at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in Florida.

Admitted to UCLA as a Junior in May 2006, at sixteen.

Younger sister of Danielle Panabaker.

According to her sister, Danielle Panabaker, Kay is no longer acting and is working with animals. (2015)

Lives in Los Angeles, California with her parents and her 2½ years older sister, Danielle Panabaker, who also graduated high school at only fourteen years old.

She is a StarPower Ambassador for the Starlight Children's Foundation.

Was raised in Philadelphia, Chicago and Atlanta.

Kay starts her junior year at UCLA on 28 September 2006. She is a History major. (September 2006)

Favorite book is "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli.

She is of English, Irish, German, Lithuanian, Scottish, Welsh, and more distant Norwegian and Dutch, ancestry.

Started her Senior year at UCLA, and is on track to graduate in June 2008. (September 2007)

Has a Yorkshire terrier named Peanut.

Both Kay and her sister Danielle Panabaker have guest starred in five of the same shows, though never in any of the same episodes. These shows, in no particular order, include: The Division (2001), Medium (2005), Grey's Anatomy (2005), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). Danielle guest starred on two episodes of Summerland (2004), on which Kay was a series regular. In addition to guest appearing in some of the same shows, they also both appeared in a couple of movies together. In Mom at Sixteen (2005), Kay played a younger version of Danielle's character, and in Read It and Weep (2006), Danielle was Kay's alter-ego.

Loves travelling.

If she couldn't be an actress, she'd be a flight attendant, a teacher or a beautician.

Enjoyed working with Lori Loughlin.