Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993)[1] is an American film and television actress and pop rock recording artist. Cosgrove is best known for her roles as Megan Parker in Drake & Josh and as the title character in iCarly. Her career sprang forward at the age of three, mainly participating in television commercials. Cosgrove's film debut was in 2003, as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock. After years of small television appearances, Cosgrove was cast into the hit show Drake & Josh and later in iCarly. Following the success of iCarly, a soundtrack album was released on June 2008, in which she performed four songs. Cosgrove is currently working on her debut album with The Matrix and Dr. Luke.
Early life and acting interest
At the age of three, Cosgrove was discovered by a talent agent while singing and dancing at the Los Angeles restaurant Taste of L.A.[2] Cosgrove stated that when the agent walked up to her and her mom for modeling and print, she initially "never really thought of being an [actress]" and "was lucky".[3] After choosing to take the offer, she appeared in television commercials and modeled.[4] At the age of seven, Cosgrove decided to that "[she] loved doing it" and auditioned for theater and televison.[3]
Career
2001-2006: Rise to fame
Cosgrove's first television appearance was in 2001 as a 5-year old Lana Lang in the pilot of Smallville. Cosgrove then made her film debut with the 2003 film School of Rock. In the movie, she played Summer Hathaway, a young girl with great ambition and discipline who finds herself adjusting to the free-spirited nature of the new teacher by becoming band manager of classroom's rock band. School of Rock was both a box office hit, grossing over $131,282,949 worldwide,[5] and critical success, receiving a 91 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.[6] Cosgrove's acting on the film was praised with David Ansen of Newsweek describing it as "spot on".[7]
While filming School of Rock in New York City, Cosgrove was informed that the pilot for Drake & Josh had been picked up. In the series, she portrayed the mischievous sister of the title character, Megan Parker. The show made its debut on January 11, 2004 and drew positive responses in ratings.
2007-present: iCarly and music career
Cosgrove during
iCarly rehearsals in February 2009.
Cosgrove's debut as a recording artist began with the iCarly theme song "Leave It All to Me". The song features her former Drake & Josh castmate Drake Bell and is written by Michael Corcoran, one of Bell's band members. It was released as a single in December 2007 through digital distribution[8] and eventually peaked at number one-hundred on the Billboard Hot 100.[9] In June 2008, Columbia Records released the iCarly soundtrack, which featured four songs performed by Cosgrove ("Leave It All to Me", "Stay My Baby", "About You Now", and "Headphones On").[10] Critical reception for her performance was positive. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stated that Cosgrove proved "herself to be an appealingly spunky singer" and the "good tunes" she performed "[made] the most of her girlish talents".[10] However, Erlewine noted that the "focus [was] not on her" because of other artists, she but rather "[blended] in the mix".[10] The following promotional single "Stay My Baby" failed to reach charts, but "About You Now" reached number forty-seven on the Hot 100 in January 2009, becoming her most successful single to date.[11]
Following all the success of the iCarly soundtrack, Cosgrove became one of MTV's "The Female Pop Rookies of 2009".[12] In December 2008, a cover of the holiday song "Christmas Wrapping" was released to promote the hour long special "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh".[13] On February 3, 2009, Cosgrove released her first solo recording, the extended play About You Now, exclusively on the iTunes Store.[14] The extended play featured the title track, a remix of it, and a remix of "Stay My Baby", as well as two new songs "F.Y.I." and "Party Girl".[14] To promote the 2009 animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Columbia Records released a single entitled "Raining Sunshine" with an accompanying music video in August 2009.[15]
Since July 2008, plans for a debut album have been active.[16] In an interview with MTV News, Cosgrove discussed the forthcoming album.[16] Cosgrove reported to be "co-writing and getting really into" the album, as oppose to the iCarly soundtrack in which she "just picked songs that meant a lot to [her], that [she] really liked."[16] She also described the album as "still pop rock fun" in comparison to her previous work on the iCarly soundtrack, though "a little more mature".[16] Themes for the album are "love songs and just fun songs about hanging out with your girlfriends".[16] When releasing About You Now, Cosgrove further elaborated on the album's concepts.[17] She described working with producers and songwriters The Matrix and Dr. Luke as "definitely different".[17] Cosgrove said that "most of the songs are fun, pop, rock-girl empowerment".[17] She noted that "there's one ballad that's kind of sad" and that "it's called 'What Are You Waiting For?' It's about a girl who likes a guy [but he doesn't feel the same way]".[17] She added it's something she's experienced in her own life: "I definitely have guys that I'm friends with that I have a crush on, and you don't want to ruin the friendship".[17] As of October 2009, no official release date has been announced.
Filmography
Cosgrove during a
Twist photo shoot in June 2009.
Discography
- Studio albums
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- Other albums
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Awards and nominations
References
- ^ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995". Center for Health Statistics. California Department of Health Services. http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths?c=search&first=Miranda&last=Cosgrove&spelling=Exact&4_year=&4_month=0&4_day=0&5=&7=LOS+ANGELES&SubmitSearch.x=43&SubmitSearch.y=15&SubmitSearch=Submit. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ Chau, Thomas. "An interview with the kids of School of Rock". Cinema Confidential. UGO. Archived from the original on September 9, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927190221/http://www.cinecon.com/interviews/schoolofrockkids.shtml. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ a b Miranda, Cosgrove. Interview with The Star Scoop. Los Angeles, California. (Interview). Retrieved on October 19, 2009.
- ^ Franks, Katie (2008). Miranda Cosgrove. PowerKids Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1404244665.
- ^ "School of Rock (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=schoolofrock.htm. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "School of Rock Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. News Corporation. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/school_of_rock/. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "A Is for Awesome". Newsweek. The Washington Post Company. http://www.newsweek.com/id/60256. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "iTunes - Leave It All to Me (Theme from iCarly) - Signle". iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. December 18, 2007. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=269886466&id=269886452&s=143441&uo=4. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "Miranda Cosgrove - Leave It All To Me (iCarly Theme Song) - Music Charts". aCharts.us. http://acharts.us/song/31371. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic {{{iCarly: Music from and Inspired by the Hit TV Show > Review}}}". Allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3nfwxzrjld6e~T1. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "Miranda Cosgrove Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/miranda-cosgrove/chart-history/1008601. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "The Female Pop Rookies Of 2009". MTV. Viacom. January 12, 2009. http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/331008/the-female-pop-rookies-of-2009.jhtml. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "iTunes - Christmas Wrapping - Single". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/037/Music/fa/e3/a8/mzi.ctreoceh.60x60-50.jpg. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ a b "iTunes - About You Now - EP". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. February 3, 2009. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=303331617&id=303331593&s=143441&uo=4. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "Raining Sunshine - Single". iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=327594014&id=327593913&s=143441&uo=4. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Beavers, Danielle (July 28, 2008). "Miranda Cosgrove Plans Solo Album After Conquering TV And Web With 'iCarly'". MTV News. Viacom. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591500/20080724/cosgrove__miranda.jhtml. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Vena, Jocelyn (January 28, 2009). "Miranda Cosgrove Talks New EP About You Now". MTV News. Viacom. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1603673/20090128/cosgrove__miranda.jhtml. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "25th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Award. Young Artist Foundation. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms25.htm. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "2004 MTV Movie Awards". 2004 MTV Movie Awards. Viacom. http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2004/. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "27th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Award. Young Artist Foundation. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms27.htm. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "28th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Award. Young Artist Foundation. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms28.htm. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "29th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Award. Young Artist Foundation. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms29.html. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "Kid's Choice Awards Nominees 2009". 2009 Kids' Choice Awards. Viacom. Archived from the original on October 19, 209. http://www.webcitation.org/5keFXRENc. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "30th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Award. Young Artist Foundation. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms30.html. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "Teen Choice Awards 2009" (PDF). Bob Bain Productions. August 7, 2009. http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/pdf/TEEN_CHOICE_2009__NomineesList.pdf. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "Teen Choice Awards 09 Official Winners List" (PDF). Bob Bain Productions. http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/pdf/TEEN_CHOICE_2009__NomineesList.pdf. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
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