{"id":64652,"date":"2025-03-17T10:34:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=64652"},"modified":"2025-04-01T10:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:35:51","slug":"kat-dennings-recently-revealed-the-reason-behind-changing-her-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/kat-dennings-recently-revealed-the-reason-behind-changing-her-name\/64652\/","title":{"rendered":"Kat Dennings recently revealed the reason behind changing her name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kat Dennings recently opened up about her decision to change her name in a revealing conversation on the <em>Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce<\/em> podcast. The actress, best known for her role as Max Black on <em>2 Broke Girls<\/em>, disclosed that her real name is Katherine Victoria Litwack. She explained that at the age of 9, she realized her birth name wouldn\u2019t work in the entertainment industry. \u201cThis isn\u2019t going to work for me,\u201d Dennings said, reflecting on her decision. \u201cThis is not going to work.\u201d She humorously added, \u201cShe-slash-I was very ahead of her time,\u201d acknowledging the forward-thinking nature of her choice.<\/p>\n<p>Dennings recalled that the decision to adopt a new name was partially inspired by a \u201cCEO situation,\u201d implying that her real name simply wouldn\u2019t be ideal for a career in Hollywood. Her new surname was influenced by Lloyd Alexander, the well-known fantasy author of <em>The Chronicles of Prydain<\/em>, whose wife, Janine Denni, had a French name that caught Dennings\u2019 attention. The actress decided to tweak it and take on the last name \u201cDenni,\u201d which later became the more recognizable <em>Dennings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As for her first name, Dennings revealed that she was inspired by Christina Ricci\u2019s character, Kat, in the 1995 film <em>Casper<\/em>. The actress admitted that <em>Casper<\/em> was one of her favorite films, and this connection to the character played a key role in her decision to adopt the name Kat.<\/p>\n<p>During the podcast, Dennings also reflected on her early days of auditioning, noting the lack of inclusivity at the time. She reminisced about her career beginnings and how the industry has evolved since then.<\/p>\n<p>Kat Dennings\u2019 candidness about her name change adds a personal touch to her public persona and reveals her creative approach to shaping her identity in Hollywood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kat Dennings recently opened up about her decision to change her name in a revealing conversation on the Not Gonna\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":64653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3943],"class_list":["post-64652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-kat-dennings"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}