Miranda Cosgrove is one of the most successful young stars. Her TV show iCarly is hugely popular. In fact, iCarly has won a Kids Choice Award for favorite kids TV show for the past three years. Although Selena Gomez of Wizards of Waverly Place tends to beat out Miranda Cosgrove for favorite actress.
Besides iCarly, Miranda Cosgrove has appeared on another Nickelodeon show called Drake & Josh. She played “Megan Parker” on that TV show. In addition to television, she also has had a few parts in films such as The School of Rock, Yours Mine and Ours, Keeping Up with The Steins, and The Wild Stallion.
Not only does she act, but she also sings. Her inspiration for her debut album Sparks Fly was boys.
More Random Fun Facts:
Her favorite horror films: Psycho, The Sixth Sense, and Poltergeist.
She likes to journal.
Miranda Cosgrove says she’s not actually as level-headed or ingenious as her iCarly character.
Unlike her character on iCarly, Miranda Cosgrove is an only child. She told George Lopez that she suffers from the only child syndrome of not liking to share things.
The actress also told George Lopez that she often stays up late watching his old sitcom on Nick at Nite and the next day annoys her on-screen brother by telling him all about the show.
Fun fact: She loves the actress Rachel McAdams.
Did you know she is the voice of “Margo” in the animated comedy Despicable Me?
Fun fact: She has a toy poodle.
The worst thing she’s ever done is accidentally dropping her mom’s cellphone in a toilet on Mother’s Day.
She likes spaghetti, the color purple, Aerosmith, cookie dough ice cream, and Smarties candy.
The actress admitted that she will sometimes tweet her friends for answers to her schoolwork since she is home-schooled and doesn’t have the usual classmates she can ask.
Her dad owns a dry cleaning business.
Fun fact: She plays tennis and fences.
The actress got to pick out the actor who would play her first on-screen boyfriend. She picked an actor named Drew Roy who was about 7 years older than her.
Fact Sources
Portrait Magazine, “Miranda Cosgrove Interview” by Eleni. (www.portraitmagazine.com)
The George Lopez Show, Interview 11-18-10.