Miranda Cosgrove Net Worth

How much is Miranda Cosgrove worth?

Net Worth:$11 Million
Profession:Professional Actress
Date of Birth:May 14, 1993 (age 29)
Country:United States of America
Height:
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

About Miranda Cosgrove

Miranda Cosgrove has appeared in several prominent movie and television roles, most notably the Nickelodeon sitcoms Drake & Josh and iCarly. She is a very talented performer, having found astounding success in acting, voice acting and singing and songwriting.

Miranda was raised in a relatively normal, middle class home. Her father owned a dry cleaning business and her mother was a homemaker. She began earning money of her own once she was cast in her own Nickelodeon series, iCarly. It was reported that the actress earned an estimated $180,000 per episode of iCarly, making her the second highest paid child television star at the time.

American actress and singer Miranda Cosgrove has an estimated net worth of $11 million dollars, as of 2023. Cosgrove was the highest-paid child actor in 2012, and made he Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” list in 2022.

She began her acting career at a very early age. She was only three years old when she began to make her first appearances. She appeared in several commercials, including ones for McDonald’s and Mello Yello. When she was older, she began auditioning for more serious roles, eventually landing her first major film role in 2003 as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock.

Cosgrove landed one of her most iconic roles a year later when she was cast as Megan in the Nickelodeon sitcom, Drake & Josh. She acted alongside Drake Bell and Josh Peck, portraying the devious and mischievous younger sister that constantly plagues the two stepbrothers. She held this role for the entirety of the show’s four seasons.

Her performance as Megan earned her several guest star appearances on other Nickelodeon shows, including Unfabulous with Emma Roberts and Zoey 101 with Jamie Lynn Spears.

Cosgrove’s hard work finally paid off in 2007 when she was cast in the starring role in her own Nickelodeon television series, iCarly. She was cast as Carly Shay, a teenage girl who starts her own viral web series alongside her two best friends, Freddie Benson (Nathan Kress) and Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy).

The program’s launch coincided with the rise of Internet culture in the early 2000s and showcased actual viewers who submitted their own home videos to be featured. iCarly also hosted several early YouTube personalities, such as Fred Figglehorn. Cosgrove recorded and performed the show’s opening song, “Leave It All To Me” alongside her former Drake & Josh co-star, Drake Bell.

Miranda Cosgrove has also showcased her voice acting skills in various animated shows and movies. Her most prominent voice acting role was as Margo in the 2010 animated film Despicable Me, along with its many sequels. These voice acting roles have been the most recent serious ones that Cosgrove has been cast in.

In 2022, she’s the host of the CBS series, Mission Unstoppable. That same year, the Guinness World Records listed her as the highest paid child actress of 2012.

Cosgrove’s Total Net Worth

Once she landed the role as Megan on Drake & Josh , her career really began to blossom. Cosgrove was blessed with an abundance of natural vocal talent from a young age. She honed that talent through years of serious singing lessons. In fact, she was so talented that she reported having difficulty intentionally singing poorly while recording a scene alongside Jack Black in School of Rock.

Some of her highest paid TV series roles have been in, Drake and Josh, Zoey 101, The Goldbergs, iCarly, and more recently, Mission Unstoppable. Cosgrove’s earned $180,000 per episode of iCarly, becoming the highest paid child actor of 2012. From all of her TV work, it is estimated that she has earned $13 million dollars. Including all of the spinoffs and associated events and appearances, as well as from advertising.

Some of her highest paying movie roles have been in, School Of Rock, Drake & Josh Drake and Josh Go Hollywood, iGo to Japan, The Intruders and Despicable Me 1, 2 and 3. From all of her film work, it is estimated that she has earned $8.5 million dollars.

In total, Miranda Cosgrove’s career earnings are estimated to be $21.5 million dollars. That includes all of her work on TV and in film, as well as her producing work, she has produced 78 episodes of Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove. It also includes all of the appearances that Miranda has made as herself, over 85 appearances.

Of her $21.5 million dollars income, $2-3 million is expected to have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $19 million, will have been taxed at 49% as Cosgrove has been residing in the state of California. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $9.69 million dollars, having paid $9.31 million dollars in taxes.

Miranda Cosgrove has never married and she has no children. She will have still had to pay her living and expenses, including business expenses, as well as miscellaneous costs and so on. She will also have had to invest some of her new found wealth. It was reported that Cosgrove bought a $2.65 million property in Los Angeles, in 2012. It is likely that she own securities.

In her personal life she has remained clear, has never had any history of alcohol abuse or found herself in legal trouble. That said, in 2014, Cosgrove filed a restraining order against a fan. The fan, Joshua Stockton, learned that she was studying at USC and had sent her gifts and been acting strangely. Allegedly after returning the gifts unopened, Stockton had sent Cosgrove inappropriate images and things escalated further. A judge granted her a restraining order against him.

That same year of 2014, Cosgrove was involved in a car accident after which she alleged that the driver of the bus was not paying attention and that it left her “disfigured and disabled” and unable to work. She broke her ankle and required surgery, Cosgrove was in a wheelchair for months resulting in her losing high paying jobs and auditions for future roles that she and her agent had lined up.

Cosgrove eventually claimed that the 2011 bus crash ‘ruined her career and cost her almost $2.5 million’. While it is unlikely that her career was ruined, it did cause costs to her career including the ending of a Sony contract.

In her personal life Cosgrove has likely spent $1-2 million dollars of her career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $700,000, not including investment assets. In her investments, she may have earned investment returns of $2 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Miranda Cosgrove has a net worth of a rounded up $11 million dollars.

Summing-Up

Cosgrove was a self-starter, having to work her way up the ladder on her way to fame. She was able to hone her skills acting in several television commercials before auditioning for larger television and movie roles. At the time, Nickelodeon was a powerhouse network for children’s programming and her ability to land several successful roles in many of their shows paid a major contribution to her overall success as an actress.

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