Kat Dennings

Background information

Born

Katherine Victoria Litwack
June 13,1986 (age 38)
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,United States

Nationality

American

Occupation

Actress

Years active

2000-present

Family information

Spouse

Andrew W.K. (2023-present)

Katherine Victoria Litwack, better known asKat Dennings, is an American actress, who, forDisney, played Claire Carlyle in the2002 Disney Channel Original MovieThe Scream Team andDarcy Lewis in theMarvel filmsThor and its sequelThor: The Dark World, which she later reprised inWandaVision,What If...?, andThor: Love and Thunder.

Dennings was born on June 13, 1986, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Penn Cottage, a historic house built in 1694 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, which she claims was haunted. Beginning her career at age 9 by acting in commercials. She worked as an extra to earn her SAG card and was homeschooled. Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 14 to help her pursue acting full time.

She made her professional debut with an appearance on HBO'sSex and the City and then starred on the short-lived WB sitcomRaising Dad. Her most notable role came in 2011 on theCBS sitcom2 Broke Girls from2011 to2017 asMax Black. Her other television credits includeWithout a Trace,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,ER,American Dad!,Drunk History,Big Mouth,Dallas & Robo, andDollface. She also appeared in films, such asRaise Your Voice,The 40-Year-Old Virgin,Big Momma's House 2,Charlie Bartlett,The House Bunny,Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist,Daydream Nation,Defendor, andSuburban Gothic.