Kat Dennings' Hollywood Rebrand: Ditching Katherine Litwack for a Red-Hot Stage Name
Anonymous Identity Preferred in Hollywood Show Business Circle - Unsuitable Hollywood-worthy moniker for her real name
American sweetheart Kat Dennings, known for her role in "2 Broke Girls," knew her given name, Katherine Victoria Litwack, was ordinary at best. In hindsight, she's all praises for her childhood decision that was straight-up visionary.
Hollywood Isn't a Place for Litwack
During her chat on "Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce," Dennings admitted that she bid adieu to her birth name at the tender age of nine, sensing it wouldn't be her ticket to stardom. "You do the math," she matter-of-factly told the host. "Litwack was hardly a contender."
Fast forward to today, and she's nothing but smitten with her younger, wiser self for just knowing. "It was a CEO move, really," she said, laughing. "I thought, 'If you can't put that on a poster, it's not happening.'"
The Origin Story of Kat Dennings
The actress also revealed the catalyst behind her stage name. She nicked her last name from Janine Denni, a French friend of her mother's. And as for her first name? Well, it wasn't a random pick. Dennings, then a diehard fan of the 1995 fantasy comedy "Casper," was utterly smitten with the film's protagonist, Kat (played by Christina Ricci).
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"Following her intuition at the age of nine, Kat Dennings abandoned her birth name, Katherine Victoria Litwack, realizing it wasn't apt for Hollywood's spotlight. As she explained on 'Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce', 'If you can't put that on a poster, it's not happening', acknowledging the strategic nature of her decision. Kat's last name, Dennings, was inspired by a French friend of her mother's, Janine Denni, while her first name was a tribute to her admiration for the character Kat, played by Christina Ricci, in the 1995 film 'Casper'."
