- Kay likes listening to Lindsay Lohan and Kelly Clarkson.
- She enjoys arts and crafts, bowling, swimming, and dance.
- Kay says that her future car will hopefully be a BMW Z-4.
- Kay attended Crone Middle School in Chicago, Illinois when she was in 6th grade.
- Kay's least favorite school subject is science.
- Kay has a t-shirt that reads: "I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter."
- Her role model is her older sister, Danielle.
- She keeps a journal.
- Kay's Chinese Zodiac sign is the Horse and her Zodiac sign is the Taurus.
- Kay's birthstone is the emerald.
- In the third round of the Disney Channel Games, Kay's team lost, but she did not participate.
- Kay's nickname on the DC Games is "The Closer".
- In the second episode of the Disney Channel Games, Kay's team lost both rounds they played in, but Kay did not participate.
- When asked where she sees herself in 10 years, Kay said she hopes to be loving life and having more fun.
- Kay's favorites:
Sound: laughter
Animal: monkey
High School Subject: history
Topic of Conversation: anything
Time of Day: late afternoon
Time of Year: Summer
Food: broccoli casserole
Style of Music: hip-hop
Outdoor Activity: tag
Favorite Sport: soccer
Color: purple
Movies: Mrs.Doubtfire, Finding Neverland, Sky High, and Hercules
TV Shows: The Brady Bunch, Lost, and 24
Actors: Robin Williams, Keifer Sutherland, and Johnny Depp
Actress: Sandra Bullock
- Kay says everything makes her laugh.
- Kay would like to visit Australia.
- Kay's hobby is making beaded necklaces.
- Kay currently is 5' tall.
- Kay appeared in the 2007 movie Nancy Drew as George.
- Kay was in the movie Dead Heat as Sam LaRoche.
- Kay lended her voice to the Disney-Pixar film Monsters Inc. as an additional voice.
- Kay appeared in an overall total of 14 Phil of the Future episodes as the overly happy Debbie Berwick.
- Her dogs, Peanut and Butter, are Yorkshire Terriers.
- In the first Disney Channel Games event, Kay did not participate, but her team won.
- Kay participated in the first ever 2006 Disney Channel Games for the Red Team.
- Kay will be starring alongside her sister in this summer's new Disney Channel Original Movie, Read It and Weep.
- Kay's older sister, Danielle, also graduated high school at only 14 years old.
- Kay's actual first name is Stephanie. "Kay" is her middle name. She thought her name was too long to sign. She's gone by "Kay" for so long, she doesn't really remember ever being "Stephanie".
- Kay's first kiss was on Summerland, with Zac Efron, who played her boyfriend Cameron.
- Kay isn't the only Panabaker famous girl in the family, she also has an older sister called Danielle.
- Kay worked with Kyle Massey from That's So Raven on the Disney Channel original movie Life is Ruff.
- Kay worked with Jesse McCartney on Summerland.
- Kay has acted at the Community Theatres.
- Kay lives with her parents and her sister.
- In 2003, Kay was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress for: ER.
In 2004, Kay was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Commercial For Youth Anti-Smoking PSA. In 2005, Kay was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Series - Recurring Young Actress for: Phil of the Future. In 2005, Kay won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actress for: Summerland.
- Kay loves to travel.
- Kay currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
- Kay was raised in Philadelphia, Chicago and Atlanta.
- Kay's favorite book is "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli.
- If Kay wasn't an actress, she would be a flight attendant, beautician or a teacher.
- Kay really enjoyed working with Lori Loughlin on Summerland.
- Kay has hazel eyes.
- Kay's natural hair color is dark blonde.
- Kay was 11 when she started High School, and at age 10, she graduated from her eighth grade class.
- While unable to shoot new episodes of Disney Channel's series Phil of the Future, Kay still hears from fans who are enjoying her Season 1 episodes as straight-laced Debbie Berwick, a big departure from her Summerland character.
- Kay has two dogs named Peanut and Butter.
- Kay is the younger sister of Danielle Panabaker, who plays Brittany Aarons on the Disney Channel movie, Stuck in the Suburbs.
- Kay began her college career in September 2004 and is a History major at UCLA.
- Kay: (talking about her show Summerland) The cast and crew are such a tight knit family. A lot of series will say, "oh yea, our family is a tight family," but we really are a family like that. I really just get a long with everybody and it’s so good how well everybody gets along.