Katherine Victoria Litwack, professionally known as Kat Dennings, is an American actress, born on June 13, 1986, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Her mother, Ellen Judith Litwack, is a poet and speech therapist, while her father, Gerald J. Litwack, is a molecular pharmacologist, college professor, and chairman.
As the youngest of five children, including an older brother, Geoffrey S. Litwack, Kat Dennings' family is Jewish.
Kat Dennings was homeschooled, attending only a half-day at Friends' Central School. She graduated from high school at the age of 14 and moved to Los Angeles with her family to pursue acting full-time under the professional surname "Dennings".
Dennings is best known for her roles as Max Black in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls (2011-2017) and as Darcy Lewis in the Marvel superhero films Thor (2011),Thor: The Dark World (2013),the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021),and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
