Miranda Cosgrove

Actress

	Happy Birthday May 14, 1993
	Birthplace United States
	Age 28
	Birth Sign Taurus

In the Beginning

Miranda Cosgrove was born in Los Angeles, California to Tom and Chris Cosgrove. She was discovered by a talent agent while singing and dancing at a Taste of L.A. when she was only three years old! Following the discovery, she began to model as well as appeared in commercials for both McDonalds and Mellow Yellow. Her first appearance in a television show was as the voice of young Lana Lang in the pilot for Smallville in 2001. In 2003, she played a role in the movie School of Rock.

Career Accomplishments

Cosgrove has starred in two television shows, Drake & Josh and iCarly, and is currently slated to star in an NBC sitcom entitled Crowded (2015). She has been in 16 movies, including School of Rock (2003), Yours, Mine, and Ours (2005), Keeping Up With the Steins (2006), and Despicable Me (2010) where she voiced the character, Margo. She has one album entitled Sparks Fly (2010) that peaked on the Billboard charts at number 8.

Most Known For

She is most known for two roles on television shows, one as Megan Parker on the show Drake & Josh (2004), and the second as Carly Shae on the show iCarly (2007). Megan Parker was the annoying younger sister of the titled older brothers, Drake and Josh, on the Nickelodeon hit show Drake & Josh. The role gave her the opportunity to form a relationship with Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, which led to a few roles including a special guest star role in What’s New, Scooby-Doo? and a 5-episode stint on Grounded For Life. iCarly is definitely where Cosgrove became most famous. The show allowed the inclusion of audience-submitted videos, and it drew a huge following. The show is about Carly, Sam, and Freddie, three best friends who start a web show and become immensely popular. The theme song of the show is sung by Cosgrove, and this eventually led to her popularity as a singing pop star. Her album, Sparks Fly, debuted in 2010 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart. In January 2011 Cosgrove began her first tour, called the Dancing Crazy Tour, where she toured the USA until August 11 when she was involved in an accident that broke her ankle and forced her to cancel the rest of the tour.

Where Is She Now?

Cosgrove is attending the University of South California where she is majoring in film. She recently performed voice work in an animated movie A Mouse Tale (2015) and is slated to star in an NBC sitcom called Crowded, which was ordered for series on May 7, 2015.