Kat Dennings is often described as an example of the timeless Hollywood actress.

In 2021, she returned to her role fromThor,Darcy Lewis, in Marvel’s Disney+ showWandaVision.

Here is the stunning transformation of Kat Dennings.

young Kat Dennings

Dennings and her siblings were not allowed to watch TV as children.

Instead, they were raised on old Hollywood musicals.

As she toldThe New York Times, one of her favorites was the 1935 Fred Astaire musicalTop Hat.

Kat Dennings as a baby

Apparently, Bernadette Peters and Madeline Kahn are her favorite actresses to this day.

As Dennings toldThe A.V.

It’s safe to say that Dennings had a pretty unusual upbringing!

Kat Dennings as a child

However, as it turns out, she had a slightly different style as a child.

In an interview onConan, Dennings confessed that she went through a serious goth phase when she was young.

“I was very dramatic,” she concluded.

Young Kat Dennings playing dress up

“I’m Bord!”

Dennings wrote, misspelling “bored.”

At the end of the page, she even wrote, “I’m Bord to Death!

young Kat Dennings

Take me now Lord!”

“But if I had had my way I would have been acting much sooner than that.

She noted that she never trained in acting.

Young Kat Dennings

She took just one acting class and hated it.

So, she started working professionally without training.

“I did, like, a commercial a month,” she recalled.

Kat Dennings as a child

Soon after that role, Dennings landed a role on a pilot that was filmed in Los Angeles.

“I ended up just staying here,” the actress said.

Dennings realized that her body key in wasn’t suited to modern fashions.

Young Kat Dennings with balloons

“Like it wasn’t for me,” she said.

Just because a curvier shape was more, like, of the time,” she went on.

For Dennings, these trips to the thrift stores proved instrumental.

Kat Dennings as a child playing piano

She decided to commit to wearing vintage looks.

She recalled thinking, “Fine, I belong in this style.

It feels like I am included in this.”

Young Kat Dennings in girl scouts

For Dennings, it was her first taste of what life as a professional actor might be like.

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In 2004, sheplayedSloane in the Hilary Duff-ledRaise Your Voice.

Young Kat Dennings with corn

But her big break into Hollywood came with the Steve Carell comedyThe 40 Year-Old Virgin.

And I somehow got that role, and I just loved it," she said.

For Dennings, the movie was a huge step.

Kat Dennings on Sex and the City

“It was such an interesting process,” she explained.

As she recalled, the movie had a big buzz around it.

And by the sounds of things, Dennings certainly made an impression.

Kat Dennings posing

Over the years, her performance has stood the test of time.

At the time, Dennings felt that she’d hit the career jackpot.

“I loved the role.

Kat Dennings posing

I felt so connected to it.

The experience sounds pretty wonderful.

“We all ran around New York on a 44-day night shoot,” she recalled.

Kat Dennings posing

“What you’re really watching is the best autumn of all those kids' lives.”

AsGQnoted, the role solidified her place as a “weird” girl.

However, just like all actors, Dennings had to deal with her fair share of rejection.

In 2021, Dennings opened up toGlamour UKabout one of the most painful rejections in her career.

But I had a bunch of auditions for Tim Burton’sAlice in Wonderland,” Dennings confessed.

When she didn’t get the part, she was devastated.

However, she did learn a lesson, which was, “You should try.

Even if it’s not going to happen, try anyway.”

Another lesson Dennings learned was that hardships helped her to understand herself.

The show began in 2011 and ranuntil 2017.

“She has a kind of amazing outsider edge.”

The series2 Broke Girlswas a massive hit.

However, after six years playing the same character, Kat Dennings was ready for a new challenge.

She added, “Not that there’s anything wrong with the show.

I’m very proud of it.”

But before this, Groban had caught Dennings' eye online.

The relationship seemed to go extremely well in the beginning.

Sounds like the pair were well-suited.

But their romance wasn’t meant to last.

Despite falling head over heels, the pair split in 2016.

Newsthat the split was a mutual decision.

Sounds like she could have been referring to Groban.

Dennings played Jules inDollface, a heartbroken woman who tries to reconnect with old friends after being dumped.

As she explained toSchon!, the project was her first experience with producing and it did not disappoint.

While acting was her No.

1 passion, she was looking for a way to give more input into a project as a whole.

“I love producing and I’d do it again in a heartbeat,” the actress gushed.

Growing up, the actress ate just about everything.

However, this all changed in 2020 after she saw a David Attenborough film calledA Life on Our Planet.

She went on to state, “I’m definitely going plant-based starting tomorrow.

But other than that…” It sounds like Dennings was seriously moved by the documentary!

In anothersince-deleted postfrom 2020, the star went into more detail about her new diet.

“Fun fact about your Uncle Kat: I am not vegan.”

However, she went on to explain that she was working on moving towards a plant-based diet.

“But yo don’t hold me to any standard.

While lockdown was an adjustment, she made the most of it.

As she toldWhoWhatWear, Darcy was originally meant to be a small part.

And getting the chance to reprise Darcy was thrilling for Dennings.

As she toldLooper, “I will say that I was surprised by what they do with Darcy.

It’s very exciting.

It was exciting for me.

I mean, anyone who’s a fan of Darcy will be very happy.”

We only hope that Darcy continues to pop up in the MCU!