As she toldBuzzFeedin February 2022, “I auditioned for everything and never got anything.”
As any actor knows all too well, rejection is a tough but common part of the game.
She grew up in a supposedly haunted house
Kat Dennings' upbringing was far from conventional.
Dennings' family home was a historical landmark, a former port house built in 1694.
On top of it all, according to the actor during an interview withThe A.V.
Clubin a May 2018, “It was haunted as f***.”
Dennings is a firm believer in ghosts, perhaps due to what she witnessed in her childhood home.
Dennings explained, “It sounds so crazy, but I swear.
… We all saw some s***.”
“When you walk into a place that old, you just feel clammy.
The air felt thick and electric-y,” Dennings continued.
“Like there were a thousand dead people looking in your soul or something.”
Her parents weren’t super enthusiastic about the idea initially, but they eventually came around.
“I was a very unique child.
I think they knew I belonged in the arts,” the actor toldGlamourin September 2012.
She headed out to Tinseltown after she graduated from high school early at age 14.
For starters, the actors weren’t even supposed to eat the snack while filming.
“I’m a real homebody.”
In a 2019 interview withInStyle, Dennings acknowledged that she’d become a go-to pick for angsty roles.
“Don’t we all relate to the sad emo character?”
Among the images, social media users could make out a nude picture.
However, instead of being hounded for the blunder, Evans' fans laughed along.
“The public respect for Chris Evans' privacy/feelings is wonderful,” she wrote (viaBusiness Insider).
“Wouldn’t it be nice if it extended to women when this kind of thing happens?”
She and Josh Groban broke up
Kat Dennings' relationship historyhas taken some interesting twists and turns.
Newsin July 2016, following the couple’s “mutual” breakup.
“I’m guilty of being completely swept up and ignoring everything around me.”
As she told Indie London (viaYahoo!
Entertainment), “It just worked.”
Dennings and Yelchin were so close that even their mothers bonded with one another.
“It’s really cute.”
When it was announced that Yelchin had died, Dennings expressed her grief on social media.
“Can’t say anything that conveys what this feels like.”
Over the next few days, she shared several photos of her late friend.
2 Broke Girls was canceled
2011 truly was Kat Dennings' year.
A November 2011 review fromThe New Yorkerdubbed the show “so racist it is less offensive than baffling.”
After it was announced that the show was ending, Dennings spoke withYahoo!
Entertainmentin November 2017 about her experience playing Max.
Her love of animals has been well documented and she frequently shared snaps of her sweet kitty Millie.
When her pet died in October 2023, Dennings shared the sad news onInstagram.
“My heart is destroyed,” she wrote.
“I truly feel like I lost a part of my soul.”
So, she added not one, but two cats to her home.
In a January 2024Instagrampost,Dennings announced that her father had died a few months prior.
She acknowledged her dad’s many accomplishments and gushed with pride over him.
