Miranda Cosgrove is an American actress.
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove ( born May 14 , 1993 ) is an American actress , singer and songwriter . Cosgrove 's film debut came in 2003 , when she appeared as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock . That year , Cosgrove was cast in an NBC television pilot titled Girlfriend in a Coma , which did n't materialize after Christina Ricci left the production . In 2016 , she starred on the short-lived NBC sitcom Crowded .