Miranda Cosgrove
American actress, singer, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead of Nickelodeon's beloved teen sitcom iCarly.
Miranda Cosgrove - Personal Information
- Name: Miranda Cosgrove
- Date of Birth: May 14, 1993
- Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer, Theme Song Performance
Biography
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Her career began at the age of 3 with several television commercial appearances. Cosgrove's film debut came in 2003, when she appeared as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock. She appeared in a number of minor television roles over several years before coming to prominence as Megan Parker on the Nickelodeon television series Drake & Josh. In 2007, she landed the role of Carly Shay, the lead character on the Nickelodeon teen sitcom iCarly, on which she starred until 2012.
As of May 2010, Cosgrove earned $180,000 per episode of iCarly, making her the second-highest-paid child star on television, and in 2012 was listed in the Guinness World Records as the highest paid child actress. Cosgrove also voiced Margo in the animated film Despicable Me (2010) and its 2013 sequel. That year, Cosgrove was cast in an NBC television pilot titled Girlfriend in a Coma, which didn't materialize after Christina Ricci left the production. In 2016, she starred on the short-lived NBC sitcom Crowded.
Selected Filmography
A look at Miranda Cosgrove's most notable screen appearances across film and television.
- The Wrong Paris (2025) as Dawn
- Despicable Me 4 (2024) as Margo (voice)
- Mother of the Bride (2024) as Emma
- Midnight Mission (2024) as Margo Gru (voice)
- Drugstore June (2024) as Kelly
- Hot Ones Versus (TV - 2024) as Self
- The Roast of Bert Kreischer (2023) as Self
- Minions & More Volume 1 (2022) as Margo (voice)
- The iCarly Reunion (2021) as Self
- iCarly (TV - 2021) as Carly Shay
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