Kat Dennings

Birthday: 13 June 1986, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name: Katherine Victoria Litwack

Height: 164 cm

Kat Dennings was born Katherine Victoria Litwack in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, to Ellen (Schatz), a speech therapist and poet, and Gerald Litwack, a molecular pharmacologist. She is the youngest of five children. Her family is of Russian Jewish descent. Kat was predominantly home-schooled, graduating at the age of fourteen. Her family subsequently moved to Los Angeles, California to support Kat acting full-time.After work doing commercials, she began work in television, starting with a role on HBO's Sex and the City (1998), following up with roles on Raising Dad (2001), The Scream Team (2002), Everwood (2002), Without a Trace (2002) and ER (1994), among others.Kat made the move to the big screen with supporting roles in Raise Your Voice (2004), The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) and Big Momma's House 2 (2006). She later achieved a level of fame with roles in The House Bunny (2008) and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008).Kat continues to act in feature films and is an avid video blogger. Since 2011, she has starred with Beth Behrs in the CBS television series 2 Broke Girls (2011). Show less «

[on a photo of her in "Vanity Fair"] [laughs] Clearly. I spend all my time drinking highballs on law...Show more »

[on a photo of her in "Vanity Fair"] [laughs] Clearly. I spend all my time drinking highballs on lawn chairs. It looks glamorous, but that shoot was mostly spent laughing, shivering or screaming. [laughs] Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend. Show less «

When I was younger there was a lot of discouraging talk: lose weight. Color your hair. Straighten yo...Show more »

When I was younger there was a lot of discouraging talk: lose weight. Color your hair. Straighten your teeth. Get a tan. But I'm a firm believer in everyone being born with what they need to be attractive. In all sorts of ways. And I don't really feel like I want to change that much by myself. Show less «

I've had people tell me to get Mystic Tan, blonde highlights, choppy haircuts, but I've made a consc...Show more »

I've had people tell me to get Mystic Tan, blonde highlights, choppy haircuts, but I've made a conscious decision not to cave. Show less «

(on Charlie Bartlett (2007)) I think it's an important movie for teenagers to see. There was a time ...Show more »

(on Charlie Bartlett (2007)) I think it's an important movie for teenagers to see. There was a time when I thought I was crazy but really I was just a teenager. It's important to realize you're not the only person going through it. Show less «

I don't take crap from anyone, so that makes people think I'm rebellious. I'm not. I'm just not a pu...Show more »

I don't take crap from anyone, so that makes people think I'm rebellious. I'm not. I'm just not a pushover. Show less «

[in case she achieves superstar status] If it were to happen, I don't think anything would really ch...Show more »

[in case she achieves superstar status] If it were to happen, I don't think anything would really change about me. [looks and nods at the pyjamas she's wearing] I'd just, finally, put on some normal clothes and go outside. Show less «

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come alo...Show more »

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent. Show less «

[on her favorite film character] Probably Phil Connors from Groundhog Day (1993). Bill Murray's one ...Show more »

[on her favorite film character] Probably Phil Connors from Groundhog Day (1993). Bill Murray's one of my favorite actors. I think I've watched that movie over 300 times and could watch it another 300 times... today. Show less «

There's nothing else I would rather do, unless there was a profession that involved cuddling bunny r...Show more »

There's nothing else I would rather do, unless there was a profession that involved cuddling bunny rabbits and kittens all day for money. Show less «

[on what her soul looks like] A moose with a hat on wearing a polka dot bikini sitting atop a barn o...Show more »

[on what her soul looks like] A moose with a hat on wearing a polka dot bikini sitting atop a barn of dreams. Show less «

[in a 2008 interview] I've never taken any acting classes. I took an acting class when I first start...Show more »

[in a 2008 interview] I've never taken any acting classes. I took an acting class when I first started acting when I was 10. The guy who owned the school told me I would never be an actress and I should stop immediately. I deduced that he didn't know what he was talking about and left. Show less «

[in a 2008 interview; "here" referring to Los Angeles] Shit is crazy out here. I tried being anorexi...Show more »

[in a 2008 interview; "here" referring to Los Angeles] Shit is crazy out here. I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels. I'll never feel comfortable in L.A., really. I knew these nice girls that lived in the Valley. I had no idea they were on meth. They don't realize this is the worst possible thing you can do to yourself. Show less «

I basically grew up in the woods. There were deer on my lawn. It was totally awesome. That's why I'm...Show more »

I basically grew up in the woods. There were deer on my lawn. It was totally awesome. That's why I'm so socially weird. Show less «

[on what is hip for her] It is an important part of your anatomy. Don't break it as you get older be...Show more »

[on what is hip for her] It is an important part of your anatomy. Don't break it as you get older because if you do it's kind of curtains. I just broke a wire coat-hanger at my house. As it happened I was thinking, 'I'm talented at breaking stuff.' I dropped my first iPod thousands of times and it only really conked out last year. Show less «

[on What led her to make a weekly TV series commitment] this literally fell into my lap... ...TV was...Show more »

[on What led her to make a weekly TV series commitment] this literally fell into my lap... ...TV wasn't something I had intended to do, but when this came, and it was Whitney Cummings and Michael Patrick King, with Michael giving me my first big job, it almost seemed like a gift, at just the right time. I was like, "God, this is exactly the answer to everything I've been wanting." I'm just really lucky that this came along. Show less «

[on if she was hesitant to do a TV role] I'm just in a really lucky place where I've gotten to work ...Show more »

[on if she was hesitant to do a TV role] I'm just in a really lucky place where I've gotten to work with amazing film people and amazing directors, like Kenneth Branagh, and amazing casts. This is just something different. It's something cool and new, that I haven't gotten to do before. If this goes for eight years, I'll be thrilled. I love who I'm working with. I love this show because it's real. It's more like a half-hour movie than a half-hour sitcom. It's very fresh. Show less «

I can say that I had a particularly painful teenage-hood. I felt pretty alienated most of the time b...Show more »

I can say that I had a particularly painful teenage-hood. I felt pretty alienated most of the time because I wanted to become an actress from an early age and was made fun of relentlessly. Show less «

[on her the writers pulling from her dramatic chops for her character Max in 2 Broke Girls (2011)] T...Show more »

[on her the writers pulling from her dramatic chops for her character Max in 2 Broke Girls (2011)] The show's not just a ha-ha machine,... ...I grew up watching The Golden Girls (1985), The Nanny (1993) I want to bring the sitcom back. Show less «

I've basically made a career out of my imagination. I feel very lucky.

[on not going to night clubs] Ugh, you can't even talk in those places. Plus, I don't drink and I do...Show more »

[on not going to night clubs] Ugh, you can't even talk in those places. Plus, I don't drink and I don't smoke and I don't like being around people who do. Show less «

I was born knowing I was going to be an actress. When I'm not feeling that great, I can morph into s...Show more »

I was born knowing I was going to be an actress. When I'm not feeling that great, I can morph into somebody else and experience their emotions instead, which actually helps me deal a lot better with my own. Show less «

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