Miranda Cosgrove
Biography
Miranda Cosgrove, an American actress, singer-songwriter and producer, started working at seven in television commercials and made her film debut as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock (2003). She became known to Nickelodeon viewers as Megan Parker on Drake & Josh, then took the lead as Carly Shay on iCarly from 2007 to 2012. She also recorded music, including the album Sparks Fly, and voiced Margo in the Despicable Me series from Despicable Me (2010) onward. Her later credits include the independent films The Intruders (2015), 3022 (2019) and North Hollywood (2021), plus Drugstore June and Mother of the Bride (2024) and The Wrong Paris (2025). She has hosted the CBS series Mission Unstoppable and executive produced and starred in the iCarly revival from 2021 to 2023. Her honors include Kids' Choice Awards and a Daytime Emmy nomination.
33years old
Turns 34 on May 14in 213 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 22 years2003 to 2025
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A change of course
A talent agent spotted Cosgrove when she was three years old, while she sang and danced at Taste of L.A., a restaurant in Los Angeles.
Big break
Cosgrove was cast as the lead in the sitcom iCarly, which was tailored around young people's interest in the internet by creator Dan Schneider.
Behind the camera
Cosgrove served as an executive producer on the iCarly revival, saying she learned at a young age that the executive producer decided almost every aspect of a show.
Miranda Cosgrove movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Pierre Coffin directed three of these films, Chris Renaud three and Steve Hoefer three. Two actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Pierre Coffin's page
Dana Gaier's page
Kristen Wiig's page
Steve Carell's page
Steve Coogan's page
Chris Renaud's page
Steve HoeferDirector, 3 films, 2006 to 2011
All films by Steve Hoefer
Also three films together1 more actor
- Jerry TrainoriParty with Victorious (2011), Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008) and iCarly: iGo to Japan (2008)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Miranda Cosgrove's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.7 billion
5 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 5 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 8Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.0B28.3% of the total
- 2$972M26.6% of the total
- 3$971M26.6% of the total
- 4$543M14.9% of the total
- 5$131M3.6% of the total
Awards
Eight awards and honors from 2009 to 2022.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress | iCarly | Won |
| 2022 | Teen Choice Awards | Won | |
| 2014 | Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie | Despicable Me 2 | Won |
| 2013 | Meus Prêmios Nick | iCarly | Won |
| 2011 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Despicable Me | Won |
| 2011 | Common Sense Media | Won | |
| 2011 | Gracie Awards | iCarly | Won |
| 2009 | Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress | iCarly | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.