
Miranda Taylor
Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) 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. She was listed in
the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records as the Highest Paid Child Actress
for iCarly. 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.
Miranda Cosgrove is an active supporter of Memphis, Tennessee's St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. She also visits other children's hospitals and considers Education Through Music as one of her favorite charities.
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