Biography

Miranda Cosgrove

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Born
May 14, 1993 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove
Height
5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

Biography

A native Californian, Miranda Cosgrove was raised by Christina (Casey) and Thomas "Tom" Cosgrove, who owns a dry-cleaning small business. She was discovered at a young age singing and dancing around a table in a restaurant, where an agent saw her talent and quickly signed her. Miranda's career started with televised commercials for McDonalds, Burger King, Mello Yello, and more as she auditioned for many roles and finally won her first role as the band's manager in the movie, School of Rock (2003).

While filming School of Rock (2003) in New York, she was informed that her pilot Drake & Josh (2004) had been picked up. She co-starred as Drake and Josh's mischievous, spoiled, bratty troublemaker prankster sister, while making brief appearances on other Nickelodeon shows, before landing in her own show for the network, iCarly (2007). Her iCarly (2007) popularity helped her launch her singing career, and she was named an MTV Pop Rookie for 2009. Her debut album, "Sparks Fly", was released in 2010 and reached #8 on the Billboard 200 chart, along with two EPs: "About You Now" in 2009, and "High Maintenance" in 2011.

In 2010, Miranda expanded upon her voice-over work for the children's movies, including Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie (2005), and the Despicable Me (2010) films and related shorts, as well as expanding her indie film work with Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), Keeping Up with the Steins (2006) and The Wild Stallion (2009). Her TV reach has extended beyond Nickelodeon, with an appearance on the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2009) during the show's second season. She has served as a brand ambassador for Neutrogena skin care products since 2010.

She lives in Anaheim, California with her family.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

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Trivia

She was named the highest-paid child actress by Guinness World Records (2011).
She has English, French, Irish and Mexican ancestry. Her maternal grandfather, William Frank Casey, was the son of an Irish-born father, William, and a Mexican-born mother, Mary.
Is a national spokesperson for Light the Night Walk, a charitable organization that creates awareness for blood cancers as well as raises money for research and support of patients and their families.
Broke her ankle in a tour bus accident August 11, 2011. She had to walk with crutches for a couple of months and the rest of the tour was canceled.
She was home-schooled after elementary school.

Quotes

I definitely have guys that I'm friends with that I have a crush on, and you don't want to ruin the friendship.
As far as movies, I love 'The Notebook.' I always say that I wish I could play Rachel McAdams' character. She's amazing. That's the movie every girl wants to be in.
I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference.
I'm not that rebellious. There's a part of me that wishes I was that.
I love entertaining people and making them laugh. It's my favorite thing to do.