15 Things You Didn't Know About Kat Dennings

By Jack Pooley / February 10, 2016

If you know who Kat Dennings is, there's a good chance you recognise her because of her characteristically shrill voice and her ample, hard-to-miss bust (not to diminish her simply to those two mere qualities). She's carved out a fine career for herself so far starring in numerous acclaimed indie films, not to mention in more mainstream fare as sexy nerd Darcy Lewis in the two Thor movies, and as waitress Max Black on hit CBS show 2 Broke Girls. She's still an up-and-coming actress, though, so there's a good chance you don't know too much about her personal life. This list covers various facts about her childhood, her romantic relationships, her attitude to her career and the whole Hollywood lifestyle, and numerous other aspects of her life you've probably not stumbled across before. Above all else, in interviews and from her work, she comes across as an intelligent. independent-minded (and of course gorgeous) young woman who wants to distinguish herself from the pack of attractive twenty-something actresses on the market right now. With a unique career path and personality, she certainly seems to be doing just that. Here are 15 things you didn't know about Kat Dennings...

15. Her Real Name Is Katherine V. Litwack

Like countless Hollywood performers, the name fans match to her face is not the one she was actually born with. Dennings was in fact born Katherine V. Litwack, but decided to adopt a stage name because, in her own words, her family name is "a little hideous". It's easy enough to understand why she changed it from the Jewish homeliness of Witlack to the more forthright and marketable "Dennings", even if some people aren't exactly thrilled about that.