The School of Rock

Background:

“She’s a star. She is one of the classiest little girls that I’ve ever met. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard her complain about anything, I don’t think I’ve seen her in a bad mood once in my life, and I’ve done 61 episodes of television with her. I really avoid the overly trained Hollywood kid, the kids that are 10 years old and have had eight years of acting and dancing and singing lessons and they’re so cute and precocious and perfect that you want to slit your wrists. Miranda’s the real deal; there’s nothing Hollywood about her.” Writer/producer/actor Dan Schneider about Miranda Cosgrove

Starting out in TV commercials, American young actress of Italian, Russian, Welsh, Armenian and Slavic heritage Miranda Cosgrove was launched to fame playing the free-spoken, cocky manager on the blockbuster hit “The School of Rock” (2003), where she earned a MTV Movie and Young Artist nominations. Her next role as one of the ten children of Rene Russo on the family/comedy remake “Yours, Mine and Ours” (2005) further put the left-handed on realm of the cinematic industry. She also has roles in “Keeping Up With The Steins” and “The Wild Stallion” (2006). On television, dark brown-haired Cosgrove is known for portraying despicable sister Megan Parker on the popular teen sitcom “Drake & Josh” (2004-2007). She currently stars as Carly Shay on the new Nickelodeon series “iCarly” (2007-present). About her furure, the girl said, “I definitely want to go to college. That's a big thing with me. I have a few friends, that we're like, already planning, and we want to go to the same college, which would be really fun. I don't know. I'd love to be an actor, but I'd also like to be a marine biologist. I'm really into the sea, so... Miranda Cosgrove

Outside the limelight, Cosgrove loves riding horses and going to parties. She is also a fan of vintage clothing. The attractive girl plays guitar and piano.

Mirry Furry

Childhood and Family:

An only child, Miranda Taylor Cosgrove was born on May 14, 1993, in Los Angeles, California. She began her singing lessons when she was 5 years old. After completing elementary school, Miranda, known by the nickname Mirry Furry, stopped attending formal school in favor of homeschooling. Since 2006, she has become a student of an online school program.

“I actually do online school. It's my first year doing it, it's really strange. Last year I did home schooling more, now it's like an online thing. I hang out with my friends all the time, my next-door-neighbor is my age, and she's a crack up, and I hang out with her all the time. So that helps. I've pretty much stayed in touch with all my friends from school, because I went to elementary school all the way through, so I'm friends with all of them. So we hang out all the time, see movies together. The program I'm with actually has a day where you go and you get to meet kids and like, take classes, which is really cool. So I've gotten to do that, which is fun. You get to meet new people, and kids your age.” Miranda Cosgrove

iCarly

Career:

After being discovered by an agent in an L.A. restaurant, during which time she impressively showing her singing and dancing talents, still-under-five Miranda Cosgrove booked several TV commercials for clients like McDonalds, Burger King and others. Her first real acting job arrived when she was eight in the form of a guest role in the pilot of the now-popular series “Smallville” (2001), playing young Lana Lang.

“I’ve been acting since I was 2, so I’ve been doing it for about 7 years. I did the screen test for my fourth audition and I met Jack Black, and I really wanted it, and two weeks later I got the call to pack my bags and come to New York.” Miranda Cosgrove

Cosgrove's career took off when she won the role of Summer Hathaway, the 10-year-old band manager, on her motion picture debut “The School of Rock” (2003), a comedy/music starring Jack Black. The film was a success. For her work, Cosgrove was nominated for a MTV Movie for Best On-Screen Team and a Young Artist for Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film.

The gifted young performer followed her breakthrough screen role by making a guest appearance as Jessica in “Grounded for Life” and doing voice over for the animated series “What's New, Scooby-Doo?” (both 2004). It was also in 2004 that she landed her first series regular role on Nickelodeon's “Drake and Josh,” playing sinister little sister Megan Parker. She stayed with the teen comedy hit until the show departed the airwaves in 2007.

2005 saw Cosgrove provide the voice of Munch for the direct-to-video children's movie “Here Comes Peter Cottontail: the Movie” before having prominent role as Joni North, one of Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo children, in the family comedy “Yours, Mine and Ours” (2005), from which she received a 2006 Young Artist nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast. Telling about her role on the film, she said, “My character's name is Joni North and I'm kind of like the rooster in the family because I have to wake everybody up every morning with my saxophone. I've never played saxophone before, this is my first time. I got to take a couple of lessons, and it was so much fun..”

Cosgrove went on to headline the drama/family film “The Wild Stallion” (2006), about two girls s Hannah Mills and C.J., portrayed by Cosgrove and Danielle Chuchran, respectively. Later that same year, she had the small role of Karen Sussman in the comedy “Keeping Up With The Steins,” opposite Jami Gertz, Daryl Hannah, Garry Marshall and Jeremy Piven. In January 2007, Cosgrove began her regular gig on the comedy/family series “iCarly,” starring as Carly Shay. The show, which centering on a teen girl and her two best friends who launch and run an Internet website, marked her reunion with the “Drake & Josh” creator Dan Schneider. She also guested in such series as “Zoey 101,” “Unfabulous” and “Just Jordan” (all 2007).

The 15-year-old will reprise her role of Megan Parker for the film version “Drake & Josh in New York!” (2008).

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