Kat Dennings

Biography

Kat Dennings is an American actress who started out in commercials at age nine and made her professional screen debut on Sex and the City in 2000. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, she relocated to Los Angeles as a teenager and found early television work on Raising Dad and in the Disney Channel movie The Scream Team (2002). Her feature debut came in Raise Your Voice (2004), and she later had a supporting role in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). A lead part in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) earned her a Satellite Award nomination. Dennings appeared in the superhero film Defendor (2009) before joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Darcy Lewis in Thor (2011) and Thor: The Dark World (2013). On television, she starred as Max Black on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls from 2011 to 2017, and she later appeared in the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).

40years old

Turns 41 on June 13in 252 days

Born June 13, 1986Bryn Mawr
Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Katherine Victoria Litwack (birth name)

Movie Career

Films: 18
Career span: 18 years2002 to 2020

Genres

Comedy61%, 11 films
Drama44%, 8 films
Romance44%, 8 films
Fantasy28%, 5 films
Action11%, 2 films

First and latest

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Did you know?!

A role that slipped away
Dennings landed a role on The WB's Everwood for a five-episode run, but Nora Zehetner was later given the part instead.
A role that slipped away
Dennings was cast in the romantic comedy Liars (A to E), which Richard Linklater was to direct. The project was canceled because of cutbacks at Miramax Films by its parent company, Disney.

Kat Dennings movies on Netflix

Friendsgiving2020IMDb rating 4.5as Abby
Suburban Gothic2014IMDb rating 5.5as Becca
Thor: The Dark World2013IMDb rating 6.7as Darcy Lewis
To Write Love on Her Arms2012IMDb rating 6.5as Renee Yohe
Thor2011IMDb rating 7.0as Darcy Lewis
Daydream Nation2010IMDb rating 6.3as Caroline Wexler
Defendor2009IMDb rating 6.7as Katerina Debrofkowitz
Shorts2009IMDb rating 4.8as Stacey Thompson
The Answer Man2009IMDb rating 6.4as Dahlia
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist2008IMDb rating 6.6as Norah
The House Bunny2008IMDb rating 5.6as Mona
Charlie Bartlett2007IMDb rating 6.9as Susan Gardner
Big Momma's House 22006IMDb rating 4.9as Molly
Down in the Valley2005IMDb rating 6.3as April
London2005IMDb rating 6.3as Lilly
The 40-Year-Old Virgin2005IMDb rating 7.1as Marla
Raise Your Voice2004IMDb rating 5.8as Sloane
The Scream Team2002IMDb rating 6.2as Claire Carlyle

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

Top

Thor2011 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Darcy Lewis
IMDb rating 7.0984K votes
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist2008 Comedy, Drama, Musicas Norah
IMDb rating 6.698K votes
The House Bunny2008as Mona
IMDb rating 5.697K votes
Charlie Bartlett2007as Susan Gardner
IMDb rating 6.968K votes
Defendor2009as Katerina Debrofkowitz
IMDb rating 6.738K votes
The 40-Year-Old Virgin2005as Marla
IMDb rating 7.1508K votes
Thor: The Dark World2013as Darcy Lewis
IMDb rating 6.7793K votes
Big Momma's House 22006as Molly
IMDb rating 4.950K votes

Most often with

Thirteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Anthony Hopkins

Stellan Skarsgård

Idris Elba

Natalie Portman

Leslie Mann

Chris Hemsworth

Films together

Anthony Hopkins2 films together, 2011 to 2013
Anthony Hopkins's page
- Thor: The Dark World2013IMDb rating 6.7Dennings as Darcy LewisHopkins as Odin
- Thor2011IMDb rating 7.0Dennings as Darcy LewisHopkins as Odin
Stellan Skarsgård2 films together, 2011 to 2013
Stellan Skarsgård's page
- Thor: The Dark World2013IMDb rating 6.7Dennings as Darcy LewisSkarsgård as Erik Selvig
- Thor2011IMDb rating 7.0Dennings as Darcy LewisSkarsgård as Erik Selvig
Idris Elba2 films together, 2011 to 2013
Idris Elba's page
- Thor: The Dark World2013IMDb rating 6.7Dennings as Darcy LewisElba as Heimdall
- Thor2011IMDb rating 7.0Dennings as Darcy LewisElba as Heimdall
Natalie Portman2 films together, 2011 to 2013
Natalie Portman's page
- Thor: The Dark World2013IMDb rating 6.7Dennings as Darcy LewisPortman as Jane Foster
- Thor2011IMDb rating 7.0Dennings as Darcy LewisPortman as Jane Foster
Leslie Mann2 films together, 2005 to 2009
Leslie Mann's page
- Shorts2009IMDb rating 4.8Dennings as Stacey ThompsonMann as Mom Thompson
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin2005IMDb rating 7.1Dennings as MarlaMann as Nicky
Chris Hemsworth2 films together, 2011 to 2013
Chris Hemsworth's page
- Thor: The Dark World2013IMDb rating 6.7Dennings as Darcy LewisHemsworth as Thor
- Thor2011IMDb rating 7.0Dennings as Darcy LewisHemsworth as Thor
Also two films together7 more actors
- Zachary LeviThor: The Dark World (2013) and Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
- Tadanobu AsanoThor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor (2011)
- Ray StevensonThor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor (2011)
- Rene RussoThor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor (2011)
- Tom HiddlestonThor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor (2011)
- Mark RendallCharlie Bartlett (2007) and The Scream Team (2002)
- Jaimie AlexanderThor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.