Katherine Victoria Litwack born June 13, 1986, is also known professionally as Kat Dennings, is an American actress.
She is known for her starring roles as Max Black in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke
Girls (2011–2017) and as Darcy Lewis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero
films Thor (2011) and the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021).
Katherine Victoria Litwack was born in
Pennsylvania to Gerald J. and Ellen Judith Litwack. Dennings is the youngest of
five children. Beginning her career at age 9 by acting in commercials, Dennings
said her family never had much money for formal acting training. Her first
acting job was an advertisement for potato chips that included a poisonous
ingredient and never made it to market. In her early years, she worked as an
extra to earn her SAG card.
In 2008, Dennings stated that Judaism “is
an important part of my history, but, as a whole, religion is not a part of my
life.” She considers herself more ethnically and culturally affiliated
than religiously so.
From 2001 to 2010, Dennings maintained a blog,
and also dabbled in video blogging on YouTube.
Dennings lives in Los Angeles with her
cat, Millie. She is an animal welfare supporter.
From 2011 to 2014, Dennings dated her 2Broke
Girls co-star, Nick Zano. From 2014 to 2016, Dennings dated singer, Josh
Groban.
On May 6, 2021, it was confirmed that
Dennings was in a relationship with musician Andrew W. K.; the two met in Los
Angeles earlier that year. A week later, on May 13, 2021, the couple
announced their engagement on social media Dennings has been a fan of W.K.
since at least 2014.
