Miranda Cosgrove

Also known as Miranda Taylor Cosgrove

Miranda Taylor Cosgrove is an American actress, singer, and producer. A teen idol of the 2000s and early 2010s, she was listed as the highest-paid child actor of 2012 by Guinness World Records and appeared on Forbes' "30 Under 30" list in 2022. Her accolades include four Kids' Choice Awards and an Emmy nomination.

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Miranda Taylor Cosgrove is an American actor, singer, and dub actor born in Los Angeles. She began her work period in 2001 and is known for her roles in the notable works *iCarly*, *School of Rock*, and *Drake & Josh*. Cosgrove is also a pop and teen pop singer who performs as a mezzo-soprano vocalist. She has released music under the record labels Columbia Records and Epic Records, with a discography available under her name.

She was educated at the University of Southern California and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Cosgrove speaks, writes, and signs in English. Her professional recognition includes awards from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Common Sense Media, Gracie Awards, and Teen Choice Awards. She is a female human citizen of the United States.

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Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

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The Wrong Paris — Dawn2025
Mother of the Bride — Emma2024
Despicable Me 4 — Margo (voice)2024
Midnight Mission — Margo Gru (voice)2024
Drugstore June — Kelly2024
Hot Ones Versus — Self2024
The Roast of Bert Kreischer — Self2023
Minions & More Volume 1 — Margo (voice)2022
North Hollywood — Rachel2021
The iCarly Reunion — Self2021

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Country: United States
Active from: 1993

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iCarly Cast2007–2012
iCarly Cast2021–2023

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Instance of: human
Given name: Taylor
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Los Angeles
Occupation: philanthropist
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Teen Choice Awards
Notable work: Drake & Josh
Genre: teen pop
Instrument: voice
Record label: Epic Records
Discography: Miranda Cosgrove discography
Official website: mirandacosgrove.com
Image: Miranda Cosgrove NickRewind 2022.jpg
Height: 167
Voice type: mezzo-soprano

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date of birth: 1993-05-14
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birth name: Miranda Taylor Cosgrove
start of work period: 2001-00-00
social media followers: 6912244
short name: Miranda Cosgrove
writing language: English language

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Encyclopedic overview

Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and producer. A teen idol of the 2000s and early 2010s, she was listed as the highest-paid child actor of 2012 by Guinness World Records and appeared on Forbes' "30 Under 30" list in 2022. Her accolades include four Kids' Choice Awards and an Emmy nomination.

Cosgrove began her career at the age of seven, making several appearances in television commercials. She made her acting debut as Summer Hathaway in the film School of Rock (2003). She had her breakout role as Megan Parker on the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh (2004–2007) and achieved mainstream breakthrough success as Carly Shay on the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly (2007–2012). She made her musical debut in mid-2008 with the soundtrack for iCarly, in which she performed four songs, including the show's theme song, "Leave It All to Me". In early 2009, she released her debut extended play, About You Now. The following year, she released her debut studio album, Sparks Fly, which peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart while its lead single "Kissin U" peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold.

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