Of French, English and Irish descent, Miranda Cosgrove is an American actress and singer-songwriter with an estimated net worth of $7 million as of 2012.

She started her career when she was three after an agent discovered her while singing and dancing in a restaurant. The agent offered her a modeling career and she just found herself appearing on TV commercials for Mello Yello and McDonald's . At age 7, she started auditioning for theater and TV roles.

As an actress, Miranda Cosgrove appeared on film projects like The Wild Stallion, School of Rock, Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie, Yours, Mine and Ours, Keeping Up with the Steins, Merry Christmas Drake & Josh, and Despicable Me. Among her upcoming  film projects in 2013 include Despicable Me 2, How Could You Do This to Me? and Liars (A-E). 

On TV, she has appeared on shows like Smallville, Just Jordan, Big Time Rush, The Good Wife, The Naked Brothers Band, 7 Secrets with Miranda Cosgrove, iCarly, Unfabulous, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Grounded for Life, Drake & Josh, Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Zoey 101.