Miranda Cosgrove: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me (‘Josh Peck Always Calls Me Randy’)
19.03.2022 - 15:09
/ usmagazine.com
From child star to sitcom staple! Miranda Cosgrove has grown up before our eyes on screen, but she revealed that there are still a few things even the biggest iCarly fans don’t know.
The California native, 28, started acting at just 3 years old in commercials, including an ad for McDonald’s. However, her big break was in 2003’s School of Rock as ambitious fourth-grader Summer Hathaway opposite Jack Black. The Richard Linklater-directed film made over $131 million worldwide, inspiring TV and theatrical spinoffs, and sent Cosgrove straight to Nickelodeon.
Audiences grew to love Cosgrove on Drake and Josh from 2004 to 2007 before she scored her own leading role on iCarly. The sitcom, which followed a young internet blogger, originally aired on Nick from 2007 to 2012. Though she moved on to other projects with appearances on The Good Wife and The Goldbergs and a voice role as Margo in the Despicable Me franchise, Cosgrove was happy to return as Carly Shay in the iCarly revival.
Paramount+ launched the new and improved version in 2021, and the show grew up with the audience. Carly and Freddie (Nathan Kress) are adults who swear, and yes, they even reference sex. The mature vibe resonated with returning viewers, and the comedy was quickly renewed for season 2, which premieres April 8.
Below, Cosgrove opens up about how she spends her time off set, who made her feel starstruck and what she loves about working on the new iCarly.
Scroll down for 25 things you don’t know about Cosgrove:
1. On a typical Sunday you’ll find me with my family. We play Scrabble— and get in huge arguments over it.
2. Growing up, my role models were my mom and my on-set teacher, Patti, who [taught me] from 8 until I was 18. She always told me I could be