Emerging with a role in an episode of the HBO dramedy series Sex and the City, Dennings has since appeared in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Big Momma’s House 2, Charlie Bartlett, Raise Your Voice, The House Bunny, Defendor, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, and Thor. Her family is Jewish. According to Dennings, as stated in Interview magazine in 2007, her parents initially considered her idea of pursuing an acting career to be “the worst idea ever”. Dennings began her career in commercials at the age of 10. She then starred on the short-lived series Raising Dad from 2001-2002, as Sarah, a 15-year-old raised by her widowed father (Bob Saget), with a pre-teen sister (Brie Larson). Dennings continued working in television, guest-starring on Without a Trace, as a teen whose boyfriend goes missing, and on Less Than Perfect, in 2003.
