There is an actress named Miranda Cosgrove.
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove ( born May 14 , 1993 ) is an American actress , singer and songwriter . In 2007 , she landed the role of Carly Shay , the lead character on the Nickelodeon teen sitcom iCarly , on which she starred until 2012 . 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 .