Dennings, the daughter of Ellie Litwack, a poet, was born to a Jewish family in the Bryn Mawr/Wynnewood area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was raised. She has an older brother, Geoffrey Litwack. Dennings was home schooled. 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 Read more...

Dennings began her career in 2000 on the HBO cable television series Sex and the City, in the episode "Hot Child in the City", where she played a 13-year-old girl who hired Samantha to handle publicity for her bat mitzvah. She was then cast as Bob Saget's daughter on the short-lived TV series, Raising Dad. Since then, she has appeared in a number of television shows and movies, including The 40-Year-Old Read more...

Dennings keeps a series of video blogs on YouTube. She has also been writing her own personal blog since February 2002. She is a self-proclaimed lover of baby animals, Shōjo manga, and cheese. She is an avid reader and is friends with author Andrea Seigel. She is also a huge Steve Martin fan. Her brother Geoffrey writes a blog. In 2005, Dennings dated Ira Wood (brother of Evan Rachel Wood), whom Read more...