What Happened To Kat Dennings After 2 Broke Girls?
It was back in 2000 that Kat Dennings made her television debut, and it was particularly auspicious: appearing as a demanding youngster whose million-dollar bat mitzvah is being organized by Kim Cattrall’s character, Samantha Jones, on “Sex and the City.” That led to a series-regular role on “Raising Dad,” a Bob Saget sitcom that ran for just one season, followed by a series of guest spots on various TV series, ranging from “CSI” to “ER.” She also appeared in movies, with high-profile supporting roles in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Charlie Bartlett,” and “The House Bunny” leading to her first starring role on the big screen, in the 2008 rom-com “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.” Then came the cherry on top of her career sundae, joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in “Thor.”
In 2011, Dennings was cast in “2 Broke Girls,” a risqué sitcom in which she and co-star Beth Behrs starred as servers in a low-rent diner while trying to scrape together enough cash to launch a cupcake business. The show proved to be a massive hit and Dennings its standout as wisecracking server Max Black. After six successful seasons, the show finally ended its run in 2017.
So what’s she been up to since then? To find out, keep on reading to discover what happened to Kat Dennings after “2 Broke Girls.”
Kat Dennings made a hot-button guest appearance on The Simpsons
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Count Kat Dennings among the celebrities to have guest starred in “The Simpsons.” In late 2017, several months after “2 Broke Girls” wrapped, Dennings lent her voice to an episode titled “Mr. Lisa’s Opus,” which looked into the future of middle child Lisa Simpson as she attends college at Harvard. Dennings voiced her college roommate, Valerie, and fans of the show were intrigued by a brief yet memorable moment.
In that scene, Lisa and Valerie become fast friends, particularly when they compare SAT scores and Valerie demonstrates her skills at telekinesis by levitating a digital clock radio. “I have a friend,” Lisa says to herself in a voiceover, just as Valerie moves closer, grasping Lisa’s hands in her own while gazing deeply into her eyes. “Oh, maybe more than a friend,” Lisa adds.
While the nature of their relationship remained ambiguous for the rest of the episode, viewers were left with the lingering impression that there could be a same-sex romance between the characters. “Simpsons” showrunner Al Jean addressed that in an interview with Digital Spy, agreeing it wouldn’t be out of character for Lisa. “In my opinion, and this is just my opinion, that is definitely a possibility for Lisa’s life,” Jean said. “She is open and, you know, somebody who loves everything. Why not?”
She delved into more animation with Dallas & Robo
Kat Dennings clearly enjoyed working in the world of animation with “The Simpsons” — so much so that her next big project was “Dallas & Robo,” an animated comedy. Dennings voiced Dallas Moonshiner, an outer-space trucker whose best friend is a cowboy hat-wearing robot named Robo with a passion for poetry, voiced by WWE star John Cena. Created by Mike Roberts — whose other projects include “Bojack Horseman,” and “Final Space” — the series was initially produced for YouTube Red, a short-lived subscription service.
As it turned out, though, neither YouTube Red nor “Dallas & Robo” stuck around for long; the series was axed after just eight episodes, and the YouTube subscription service was shuttered in 2018.
Yet that wasn’t the end of the road for “Dallas & Robo.” In 2020, reruns of those eight episodes were picked up by the Syfy network, set to air as part of its late-night TZGZ adult animation block. Promoting the series’ revival, Cena said he remained proud of the show, but felt that the timing of its release was what ultimately led to its demise. “We came out at a time where a lot of services came out and, for lack of a better term, [‘Dallas & Robo’] just kind of got lost in the shuffle,” he told Newsweek.
She starred in an ABC pilot that didn’t get picked up
“Dallas & Robo” wasn’t the only project that Kat Dennings had in the works during 2018. Another was “How May We Hate You,” an ABC comedy pilot in which she starred. The series was spawned by the book of the same name, which itself was an offshoot of a now-defunct blog in which New York City hotel concierges share horror stories from the hospitality industry.
That February, Variety announced that Dennings was attached to the series, an ensemble comedy set in a luxury resort. Dennings was set to play Ellie, described as “a guest services specialist forced to wear a plastic smile as she deals with hotel clientele who pay more per night than she pays in rent each month.” Along with Dennings, the cast also included Jason Michael Snow as her best friend and co-worker, Gabe, along with “The Office” alum Angela Kinsey, and comedian Nicole Byer, who would go on to fame as host of Netflix’s competition for inept bakers
