ACTOR
Kat Dennings
- Known for
- The House Bunny (2008), Charlie Bartlett (2007), Defendor (2009), Dollface (2019)
25 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Kat Dennings is an actor best known for The House Bunny, Charlie Bartlett and Defendor.
All facts (25)
- #001
Kat Dennings is very close friends with Beth Behrs, her co-star on 2 Broke Girls (2011).
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Kat Dennings is the youngest of five children. Her father is a molecular pharmacologist, and her mother is a poet and speech therapist. Both of her parents are Jewish.
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Kat Dennings took piano lessons for the role of Sloane in Raise Your Voice (2004).
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One of Kat Dennings's greatest passions in life is writing. In 2009 she wrote a screenplay with her brother.
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Kat Dennings's first acting job was a role in a potato chip commercial for Orleans low-fat chips.
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Kat Dennings grew up in a haunted house dating from the 16th century, and her room was in the attic.
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Kat Dennings grew up as a goth girl.
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After drawing four aces in a poker game with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jennie Garth, Kat Dennings earned the poker nickname "Four Aces Dennings."
- #009
Kat Dennings's favorite television series are Smallville (2001), South Park (1997), The Osbournes (2002), Absolutely Fabulous (1992), Roswell (1999), Dawson's Creek (1998), Neighbors (1985), That '70s Show (1998) and The Simpsons (1989).
- #010
For Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), Kat Dennings was nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical in 2008 and for an MTV Award for Breakthrough Female Performance in 2009.
- #011
Kat Dennings is good friends with Evan Rachel Wood.
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Kat Dennings's mother, Ellie Judith Litwack, is a poet and speech therapist, while her father, Gerald J. Litwack, is a molecular pharmacologist and biochemist and a former Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs at Thomas Jefferson University. Kat is the youngest of five siblings.
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Kat Dennings is 164 cm (5' 4½") tall. She has dark brown hair and blue eyes.
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Kat Dennings believes a ghost saved her mother.
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When she has time away from work, Kat Dennings enjoys video blogging. She even made one for the DVD of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008).
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Kat Dennings loves all animals and cannot pick a favorite. She also likes shojo manga.
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In May 2021, it was announced that Dennings was engaged to rock singer-songwriter Andrew W.K.
- #018
Most of the characters Kat Dennings has played tend to be "rebellious daughters" around 15 or 16 years old.
- #019
Kat Dennings ranked 97th on Maxim magazine's 2012 list of the Top 100 Women.
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She appeared in the 2007 film Charlie Bartlett as the daughter of Robert Downey Jr.'s character.
- #021
She ranked 30th among the 99 most desirable women of 2012 in the AskMen rankings.
- #022
Her cat Millie sadly passed away in October 2023, at the age of 10.
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Kat Dennings ranked 33rd on AIM.com's "100 Celebs Under 25" list, and also appeared among Moviefone's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25.
- #024
On February 15, 2021, she talked about her cat Millie on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, showed a video of her, and said she was thinking about getting another cat.
- #025
Her mother is a speech therapist and her father is a biochemist.
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