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Dennings was born and raised in the Bryn Mawr area near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Ellie Litwack, is a poet and speech therapist, her father, a molecular pharmacologist; she has an older brother, Geoffrey. Her family is Jewish. She adopted the name Dennings as her professional name when she was younger. Dennings was home schooled. Her only enrollment at a traditional school was for a half-day at Friends' Central School. She moved with her family to Los Angeles, California around 2002 so that she could act full time. Her parents initially considered her idea of pursuing an acting career "the worst idea ever," Dennings told Interview magazine in 2007.

Dennings began her career as a child in commercials. She appeared on the HBO cable television series Sex and the City in 2000. She played a 13-year-old girl who hires the character Samantha to handle publicity for her bat mitzvah in the episode "Hot Child in the City". Dennings was then cast as Bob Saget's daughter on the short-lived TV series, Raising Dad (2001-2002).. Since then, she has appeared in a number of television shows and movies, including the Hilary Duff film, Raise Your Voice (2004), and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), playing Catherine Keener's daughter. Dennings also appeared as the character "Zoe" on several episodes of ER in 2005 and 2006, and was a guest star on CSI:NY, playing Sarah Endecott in the 2005 episode "Manhattan Manhunt". Dennings appeared in the film Big Momma's House 2 (2006), starring Martin Lawrence.

In 2008, Dennings starred in Charlie Bartlett, the story of a wealthy teenager, played by Anton Yelchin, who acts as a psychiatrist for his new public high school. Dennings played Susan Gardner, Bartlett's love interest, and the daughter of the school's principal, played by Robert Downey, Jr.. Dennings also appeared in The House Bunny, playing Mona, a pierced, misfit sorority girl. Dennings stars with Michael Cera, of Superbad and Juno, in the film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), a teen romance. Dennings plays Norah Silverberg, the daughter of a famous record producer.

In 2009, Dennings will appear in Shorts, a dark children's film directed by Robert Rodriguez, and The Dream of the Romans, a story about a celebrity author whose manifestos become a sort of new Bible. Dennings hopes to make End Zone, a film based on the novel of the same name by Don DeLillo. Although actors Sam Rockwell and Josh Hartnett are involved, the project has yet to be greenlit because of its controversial subject matter, nuclear war. As of October 2008, Dennings was in negotiations to appear in Defendor, a superhero film starring Woody Harrelson and Sandra Oh.

Dennings has been blogging since January 2001, and has since also transitioned into video blogging on YouTube. She is a self-proclaimed lover of baby animals, Shojo manga, and cheese. She is an avid reader and is friends with author Andrea Seigel.

In 2005, Dennings dated Ira David Wood IV (brother of Evan Rachel Wood), whom she brought to the world premiere of The 40-Year-Old Virgin. In 2007, she began seeing Criminal Minds star Matthew Gray Gubler.

• End Zone(2009) (in production)
• Shorts (2009) (post-production) .... Stacey Thompson
• The Dream of the Romans(2009) (post-production)
• Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) (completed) .... Norah
• The House Bunny (2008) .... Mona
• Charlie Bartlett(2007) .... Susan Gardner
• Big Momma's House 2(2006) .... Molly
• "ER" .... Zoe Butler (5 episodes, 2005-2006)
• "CSI: NY" .... Sarah Endecott (1 episode, 2005)
• London(2005) .... Lilly
• The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) .... Marla
• Down in the Valley (2005) .... April
• Raise Your Voice (2004) .... Sloane
• "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" .... Missy Wilson (1 episode, 2004)
• Sudbury(2004) (TV) .... Antonia Owens
• "Less Than Perfect" .... Kaitlin (1 episode, 2003)
• "Without a Trace" .... Jennifer Norton (1 episode, 2003)
• The Snobs (2003) (TV)
• The Scream Team(2002) (TV) .... Claire Carlyle
• "Raising Dad" .... Sarah Stewart (3 episodes, 2001-2002)
• "Sex and the City" .... Jenny Brier (1 episode, 2000)

Kat, who portrays Bob Saget's oldest daughter on _"Raising Dad" (2001)_ , was born on the same day and in the same year (June 13th, 1986) as Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, who portrayed Saget's youngest daughter on "Full House" (1987).

Was originally cast as Laynie Hart on "Everwood" (2002), but the role was recast for unknown reasons. It later went to Nora Zehetner.

Most of the characters she plays tend to be "rebellious daughters" around 15 or 16.

Ranked #55 on interview magazines Hollywood faces to watch "Future Stars of Tomorrow".

Took piano lessons for her role as Sloane in "Raise Your Voice".

She is near-sighted.

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