Miranda Cosgrove

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Miranda Cosgrove
Cosgrove during a Borders magazine signing, in February 2011
Background information
Birth name	Miranda Taylor Cosgrove
Born	May 14, 1993 (age 19)
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop rock, teen pop
Occupations	Actress, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2001–present (actress) 2007–present (singer)
Labels	Columbia Epic
Website	www.mirandacosgroveofficial.com

Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993)^[1] is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Cosgrove's career began at the age of three when she appeared in television commercials. Her film debut was in 2003, as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock. Cosgrove appeared in a number of minor television roles over several years before coming to prominence on the Nickelodeon TV series Drake & Josh. A few years later, Cosgrove landed the role of Carly, the lead character in the Nickelodeon TV series iCarly. As of May 2010, Cosgrove earned US$180,000 per episode of iCarly, making her the second-highest-paid child star on television.^[2] She was listed in the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records as the Highest Paid Child Actress for iCarly.^[3]
Following the success of iCarly, a soundtrack album was released in June 2008, in which she performed four songs. Cosgrove's debut album Sparks Fly was released on April 27, 2010.

Contents

• 1 Life and career
  • 1.1 Early life
  • 1.2 2001–2007: Rise to fame
  • 1.3 2007–present: iCarly and music career
• 2 Dancing Crazy Tour
• 3 Filmography
• 4 Discography
  • 4.1 Albums
  • 4.2 Extended plays
• 5 Tours
• 6 Awards and nominations
• 7 References
• 8 External links