Jennette Mccurdy is a former actor, singer-songwriter and director. She rose to stardom as her role as Sam in the Nickelodeon series"iCarly". Jennette was born in Los Angeles to what she describes as a "dysfunctional mormon family". When McCurdy was 3, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She then died in 20013, 17 years later. Jennette started acting in 2000 at the age of 8 on "Mad TV". She went on to have appearances on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Malcolm in the Middle", "Zoey 101" and many others. In 2008, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her work on the beloved show "iCarly". In that same year, she announced she was working on her debut album. After the end of "iCarly", Jennette took part of a spin off series playing her same character alongside Ariana Grande in "Sam and Cat", which was later cancelled. In 2015, she starred in the drama "Between". In 2018, she released that she is ashamed of 90% of her resume, and and she was never able to be cast in a project she was proud of. Jennette shared that she actually didn't have a desire to be an actor, but her mother forced her, as she became the primary breadwinner for her family. She has openly talked about her struggles with anorexia and bulimia from an early age, and how that impacted her life in the industry. In 2020, she wrote a one woman show titled "I'm Glad My Mom Died" and now hosts a podcast "Empty Inside". She has retired from acting.