Miranda Cosgrove Biography
Summary
"Miranda Taylor Cosgrove" (born May 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, California) is an American child actress and singer. Her career began in 1996 when she was spotted by an agent who was so impressed by her singing and dancing in a restaurant called 'Taste of LA' that he signed her up for a number of small roles such as commercials. Since then she has appeared in "School of Rock" and other films, and has a starring role in a teen comedy, "Drake & Josh". Cosgrove now stars as Carly Shay in the new Nickelodeon series "iCarly", which is written and produced by Dan Schneider. "iCarly" now shows on Nickelodeon in TeenNick.
Biography
Early life
Miranda was born in Los Angeles, California on May 14, 1993. When Cosgrove was about five years of age she began to sing and dance in a restaurant, Taste of LA, in which she was dining. A talent agent dining at the same restaurant saw potential in Cosgrove and signed her up for his talent agency, soon after leading to a career in advertising, as well as other roles and shows. She attended elementary school all the way through, then homeschooling up until 2005, and is now currently in an online school program and has been since 2006.
Career
The starting point of her career was when she got roles in adverts for McDonald's. Later on she auditioned for roles in several movies and TV series. Her audition for the role of a student named Summer Hathaway in the film "School of Rock" starring Jack Black was successful and she began filming in 2002. "School of Rock" went on to be a hit. During School of Rock's premiere, news arrived that a pilot for a TV show she participated in had been green-lit, and that she would be playing the part of Megan Parker, the scheming sister of Drake, in the hit kids' show "Drake & Josh". She also had a role in the 2005 film "Yours, Mine, and Ours". Her character, Joni North, was the sister of Dylan North (Drake Bell), who is her co-star in "Drake & Josh". In 2006, she had a minor role in the film "Keeping Up with the Steins" as Karan Sussman. Also in 2006 a feature-length episode of "Drake & Josh" called "Drake & Josh Go Hollywood" had her again playing the role of Megan Parker, and again in the second feature-length episode "Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp", which aired August 3, 2007. In the same year, production on "Drake & Josh" had ceased. Cosgrove has also guest starred in a number of Nickelodeon television shows including "All That", "Zoey 101", "Just Jordan" and "Unfabulous". She plays the role of Carly Shay in the new "Nickelodeon" series "iCarly", that debuted on September 8, 2007. The theme song is performed by Cosgrove, backed up by Drake Bell. Co-starring is Jerry Trainor, who plays Crazy Steve on "Drake & Josh". Also co-starring is Jennette McCurdy and Nathan Kress.
Credit
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