2 Broke Girls Actress Kat Dennings Admits Her Real Name; Jokes She Knew Early on It ‘Going to Work’ For Her

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On the March 13th episode of the Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast, Kat Dennings, known for her popular role in 2 Broke Girls, revealed a surprising fact about herself: her birth name is actually Katherine Victoria Litwack.

Additionally, Kat Dennings, aged 38, stated that it was at the age of 9 when she expressed, “This isn’t fitting for me. This won’t work.” In a conversation with Kelce, 32, the actress from Thor: The Dark World praised herself, saying, “She-slash-I was quite progressive for her time.

Kat Dennings also pointed out that using her name wasn’t ideal, as she put it, “It was like dealing with a CEO.

Regarding how she took up her well-known surname, let’s talk about it: The actress from Shifting Gears reminisced on the beloved friend of her mom, Lloyd Alexander – a man famous for his enchanting fantasy novels such as The Chronicles of Prydain series.

In the podcast, Kat Dennings shared that until she turned 15, she frequently saw Alexander, who she referred to as her “grandparents.” Additionally, she disclosed that his wife’s name was Janine Denni, which served as inspiration for choosing a similar moniker for herself.

The actress from Daydream Nation mentioned that she found it intriguing to alter her name by incorporating it, and she shared that the ending part of the new moniker is derived from herself.

Later, she shared that picking her first name was quite challenging for her and attributed this decision to the character of Kat, played by Christina Ricci in the movie Casper, who happened to be her all-time favorite film character.

In other parts of the podcast, Kat Dennings reminisced about her early days in acting, where she found there was “limited diversity” or “scarcity of inclusivity.

Kat Dennings played the character of Max Black in 2 Broke Girls for 6 grand seasons.

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2025-03-15 14:07