Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress and singer. Her career began at the age of three, when she appeared in
television commercials. Her film debut came in 2003, when she played 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 TV series
Drake & Josh. A few years later, she landed the role of Carly Shay, the lead character in the Nickelodeon TV series
iCarly. As of May 2010, Cosgrove earned $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. On February 15, 2013, it was announced that Cosgrove would be starring as Evie in
Girlfriend in a Coma, a television series for
NBC, but the series was cancelled when
Christina Ricci left the production. Cosgrove again voiced Margo in
Despicable Me 2 in 2013. In 2015 she was cast in the
NBC comedy pilot
Crowded, created by
Suzanne Martin.