Chapter 1 Miranda Cosgrove
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Contents 1 Miranda Cosgrove 1 1.1 Early life ................................................ 1 1.2 Career ................................................. 1 1.2.1 2001–2007: Career beginnings, film debut, and Drake & Josh ................ 1 1.2.2 2007–2009: iCarly and music beginnings ........................... 2 1.2.3 2010–2012: Debut album, tour, and iCarly final seasons ................... 3 1.2.4 2013–present: Focus on acting ................................ 3 1.3 Charity work .............................................. 4 1.4 Personal life .............................................. 4 1.5 Filmography .............................................. 4 1.5.1 Film .............................................. 4 1.5.2 Television ........................................... 4 1.6 Discography .............................................. 4 1.7 Tours ................................................. 4 1.8 Awards and nominations ........................................ 4 1.9 References ............................................... 4 1.10 External links ............................................. 7 2 Jennette McCurdy 8 2.1 Early life ................................................ 8 2.2 Career ................................................. 8 2.2.1 Acting ............................................. 8 2.2.2 Screenwriting and producing ................................. 8 2.2.3 Music ............................................. 8 2.2.4 Writing ............................................ 9 2.3 Personal life .............................................. 9 2.4 Filmography .............................................. 10 2.4.1 Film .............................................. 10 2.4.2 Television ........................................... 10 2.4.3 Web .............................................. 10 2.5 Discography .............................................. 10 2.6 Awards and nominations ........................................ 10 2.7 References ............................................... 10 i ii CONTENTS 2.8 External links ............................................. 11 3 Nathan Kress 12 3.1 Early life ................................................ 12 3.2 Career ................................................. 12 3.3 Personal life .............................................. 13 3.4 Activism ................................................ 13 3.5 Filmography .............................................. 14 3.6 Awards and nominations ........................................ 14 3.7 References ............................................... 14 3.8 External links ............................................. 14 4 Sam & Cat 15 4.1 Overview ............................................... 15 4.2 Cast and characters .......................................... 15 4.2.1 Main ............................................. 15 4.2.2 Recurring ........................................... 16 4.2.3 Special guest stars ...................................... 16 4.2.4 One-time characters ...................................... 17 4.3 Production ............................................... 17 4.3.1 Cancellation .......................................... 17 4.3.2 Controversy .......................................... 18 4.4 Reception ............................................... 18 4.4.1 Ratings ............................................ 18 4.5 Broadcast ............................................... 18 4.6 Awards and nominations ........................................ 18 4.7 See also ................................................ 18 4.8 References ............................................... 18 4.9 External links ............................................. 20 5 List of Sam & Cat episodes 21 5.1 Series overview ............................................ 21 5.2 Episodes ................................................ 21 5.3 See also ................................................ 21 5.4 References ............................................... 21 5.5 External links ............................................. 23 5.6 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses .......................... 24 5.6.1 Text .............................................. 24 5.6.2 Images ............................................ 28 5.6.3 Content license ........................................ 28 Chapter 1 Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an 1.2.1 2001–2007: Career beginnings, film American actress and singer. Her career began at the age debut, and Drake & Josh of three, when she appeared in television commercials. Her film debut came in 2003, when she played Summer Hathaway in School of Rock. She appeared in a number Cosgrove’s first television appearance (aside from com- of minor television roles over several years before coming mercials) was in 2001 as the voice of 5-year-old Lana to prominence as Megan Parker on the Nickelodeon TV Lang in the pilot episode of Smallville. Cosgrove then series Drake & Josh. A few years later, she landed the made her film debut with the 2003 film School of Rock. role of Carly Shay, the lead character in the Nickelodeon In the movie, she played Summer Hathaway, a young girl TV series iCarly. with great ambition and discipline who finds herself ad- justing to the free-spirited nature of the new teacher by As of May 2010, Cosgrove earned $180,000 per episode becoming band manager of the classroom’s rock band. of iCarly, making her the second-highest-paid child star School of Rock was both a box office hit, grossing over on television.[3] She was listed in the 2012 edition of $131,282,949 worldwide,[11] and critical success, receiv- Guinness World Records as the highest paid child ac- ing a 91 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.[12] Cosgrove’s tress for iCarly.[4] Following the success of iCarly, a acting on the film was praised, with David Ansen of soundtrack album was released in June 2008, in which Newsweek describing it as “spot on”.[13] She said of the she performed four songs. Her debut album, Sparks Fly, experience of working with Jack Black: “The first week it was released on April 27, 2010. was like, 'Oh, my God, that’s Jack Black,' but two weeks later it was fine. He’s really funny. Sometimes the di- rector would say, 'Jack, you can't make them laugh so much.'"[14] She cited the scene of trying to sing badly as very difficult. Cosgrove stated that “I got a 45-minute 1.1 Early life lesson from Jim O'Rourke of Sonic Youth on how to sing badly. I've been taking singing lessons for about five years, so getting to sing badly was new. The direc- Cosgrove was born in Los Angeles, California, to Tom, tor kept saying, 'Try to sing even worse, Miranda,' so it [5] who owns a dry-cleaning business, and Chris (née was weird.”[9] She is grateful she was in School of Rock, [5] Casey), a homemaker. She is of English, Irish, and as it exposed her to classic rock songs she was unfamil- [6] French descent. At the age of three, she was discovered iar with. “After the movie,” said Cosgrove, “I discovered [5] by a talent agent while singing and dancing at the Los Led Zeppelin and I've taken up the electric guitar.”[9] Angeles restaurant Taste of L.A.[7] Cosgrove stated that when the agent approached her and her mother for model- Cosgrove soon landed her first major role in a televi- ing, she had “never really thought of being an actress” and sion series when she was awarded a main role in the “was lucky”.[8] After choosing to take the offer, she ap- Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh, alongside Drake Bell peared in television commercials for McDonald’s[9] and and Josh Peck. In the series, she portrayed Megan Parker, Mello Yello,[9] and also modeled.[10] At the age of seven, the mischievous younger sister of the title characters. The she decided that she “loved doing it” and auditioned for show made its debut on January 11, 2004 and drew posi- theater and television roles.[8] tive responses in ratings. Cosgrove said of Drake & Josh, “It’s like a big family. We know each other so well, noth- ing is embarrassing anymore...It’s really comfortable, and it’s really fun.”[15] While on the show, she was able to de- velop a partnership with Dan Schneider, known for pro- ducing various Nickelodeon shows such as Zoey 101, The 1.2 Career Amanda Show, Kenan & Kel, and All That. Also in 2004, Cosgrove guest-starred in a special episode of the ani- 1 2 CHAPTER 1. MIRANDA COSGROVE mated series What’s New, Scooby-Doo?, as well as guest- starring in a season five episode of Grounded For Life, portraying the character of Jessica.[16] In 2005, Cosgrove was awarded the role of 'Munch' in the Disney Channel film Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie. In the film, Cosgrove portrays a female mouse who is rescued from a hawk by Junior and Flutter, and subsequently comes along for the adventure that the char- acters must take.[17] Cosgrove also guest-starred on two episodes of the animated comedy, Lilo & Stitch: The Se- ries. The television series, which aired on Disney, is a spin-off of the original film, Lilo & Stitch. Cosgrove was also rewarded her second major role in a theatrical film, when she cast alongside Drake & Josh co-star Drake Bell in the comedy film Yours, Mine and Ours, in which she portrayed the character Joni;[18][19] the film performed mildly at the box office. Yours, Mine and Ours opened at number three, with an opening weekend of $17,461,108 in the US.[20] Cosgrove later starred in her third theatrical release, Keeping Up with the Steins, which was released to Cosgrove at the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards