Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (May 14, 1993) is a 16-year-old American actress and pop/rock recording artist. She is best known for her roles as Megan Parker in Drake & Josh and as the title character in iCarly. Her career sprang forward at the age of three, mainly participating in television commercials. Miranda's film debut was in 2003, as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock. After years of small television appearances, Miranda was cast into the hit show Drake & Josh and later in iCarly. Following the success of iCarly, a soundtrack album was released in June 2008, in which she performed four songs. She is currently working on her debut album with The Matrix and Dr. Luke.
iCarly
Despicable Me
Sparks Fly
How Could You Do This to Me?
Biography; WikiPedia
Miranda Cosgrove was born in Los Angeles, California. When she was three years old, she sang and danced at a restaurant called "Taste of LA." A talent agent was impressed, and signed her up for his talent agency. This led to a career in advertising soon after, as well as other roles and shows. She currently stars as the 13-14 year old Carly on Nickelodeon's iCarly and has four songs on the soundtrack by her. She began homeschooling after she finished elementary school, at Maude Price Elementary School in Downey, California, and then enrolled in an online school program which she has been doing since 2006. She is an only child.