NICKELODEON STARS

Austin Robert Butler (born August 17, 1991) is an American actor, singer, and model. He is best known for his feature film roles as Jake Pearson in Aliens in the Attic and as Peyton Leverette in the High School Musical spin-off film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, as well as for his television roles as Jordan on Ruby & The Rockits and Jones on Life Unexpected, and currently on Switched at Birth as Wilke.

On Nickelodeon, he is best known as James Garrett on Zoey 101, serving as a love interest for Zoey Brooks in the fourth season during the absence of Chase Matthews. He also appeared in an uncredited role as Zippy Brewster in 41 episodes of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and played Jake Krandle in the iCarly episode "iLike Jake".

Jamie Lynn Marie Spears (born April 4, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is the younger sister of pop star Britney Spears.

She rose to prominence for her appearances on Nickelodeon's All That in season eight and season nine, leaving afterwards to play Zoey Brooks on Zoey 101.

Her casting on All That led to appearances on the SNICK On Air Dare with her castmates. She also sang the Zoey 101 theme song "Follow Me".

When Spears announced she was pregnant in 2007, Zoey 101 had not yet finished airing its episodes. This led many fans to believe the show had been canceled because of her pregnancy. However, production had already been wrapped by the time of the announcement.

Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American film and television actress and pop recording artist. Her career started at the age of three, participating in television commercials. Cosgrove's film debut was in 2003, as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock. After years of small television appearances, Cosgrove was cast as Megan Parker on Drake & Josh and later on iCarly as lead character Carly Shay. As of May 2010, Cosgrove earned US$180,000 per episode of iCarly, making her the second highest paid child star on television.

Following the success of iCarly, a soundtrack album was released in June 2008, in which she performed four songs. Cosgrove's debut album Sparks Fly was released on April 27, 2010. Many of her songs' music videos have played on Nickelodeon, and has performed songs such as "Leave It All to Me", "Leave It All to Shine", and "Shakespeare" on iCarly.

In 2005, she starred with fellow Nick alums Drake Bell and Lil' JJ in the Nickelodeon Movies-produced Yours, Mine and Ours. She had also guest-starred in the Zoey 101 episode "Paige at PCA", in the Just Jordan episode "Piano Stressin'" as Lindsey Chandler, and as Cosmina in the Unfabulous episode "The Talent Show". She attended Nickelodeon's All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special with her Drake & Josh co-stars.

Following but concurrent with the success of iCarly, she would appear as herself in the The Naked Brothers Band episode "Mystery Girl", the Big Time Rush episode "Big Time Christmas". She was the first subject in Nickelodeon's 7 Secrets series. Miranda also played the voice of Margo Gru in the animated film, Despicable Me.

Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy (born June 26, 1992) is an American actress and singer. She currently co-stars in the Emmy nominated Nickelodeon sitcom, iCarly. She has also guest starred in a number of other television series, including Malcolm in the Middle, Will & Grace, Strong Medicine, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Before iCarly, McCurdy guest starred in the "Bad Girl" episode of Zoey 101 as Trisha Kirby. She also starred in the Nickelodeon TV movie The Last Day of Summer as Dory Sorenson. Following the success of iCarly she had a recurring role on True Jackson, VP as Pinky Turzo in the episodes "Amanda Hires a Pink" and "True Drama". She also played Sam's twin sister Melanie Puckett in the iCarly episode "iTwins", a character mentioned several times since.

She also voiced Becky in the The Penguins of Madagascar episode "Badger Pride", and on Glenn Martin, DDS as Mazy in the episode "Courtney's Pony". She also played Bertha in Fred: The Movie, a role which was not reprised for the sequel. She was replaced by Daniella Monet. McCurdy also starred with her iCarly co-star Jerry Trainor in the original movie Best Player as Chris Saunders, also known by her gaming nickname "Prodigy". She is also going to star in a new show called Sam & Cat, based on her iCarly character.

Victoria Dawn Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and dancer. She debuted as an actress at the age of 10 and has since appeared in several films and television series including the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and Victorious.

In 2005, Justice made her first appearance on Nickelodeon in the second season premiere of Zoey 101, titled "Back to PCA" as Lola Martinez, the newest roommate of Zoey Brooks an aspiring actress who would appear in 50 of the possible 52 episodes of the rest of the series.

After the series ended, she appeared as herself in two episodes of The Naked Brothers Band, "Valentine Dream Date" and "The Premiere". That same year, she played Shelby Marx, a highly successful mixed martial arts fighter, in the iCarly hour long episode "iFight Shelby Marx". She played Vivian" in the True Jackson, VP episode "True Crush", and competed in a celebrity episode of BrainSurge. She also starred in the Nickelodeon TV film Spectacular! as Tammy Dyson, where she first met Avan Jogia.

In 2010, she began starring in Victorious as Tori Vega, who enrolls in Hollywood Arts High School after her musical talents are revealed while substituting for her sister Trina in a major school performance. That same year, she guest-starred on The Troop as Eris Fairy and in the The Penguins of Madagascar episode "Badger Pride" as Stacy. She was also chronicled in a episode of 7 Secrets. That year, she also starred in the TV movie The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.

Victoria-32 In 2011, as Victorious continued to thrive, she contributed to the Nick News story "Lies We Tell In Middle School". She also competed in a second celebrity episode of BrainSurge. She also returned to iCarly, this time as her Victorious character Vega in the crossover iParty with Victorious. The resemblance between Marx and Vega is noted.

In 2012, she appeared as a panelist in the eleventh produced and first-aired episode of the Figure It Out revival. That same year, she starred as Wren in the Nickelodeon Movie Fun Size, released on October 26, 2012. More recently in late 2013, long after the cancellation of Victorious, Justice starred in a pilot for the upcoming MTV series Eye Candy based on the R.L. Stine thriller of the same name.

Nathan Karl Kress (born November 18, 1992) is an American film and television actor. A professional child model and actor since the age of three, he is best known for his role as Freddie Benson on the Nickelodeon television series iCarly.

He also voiced Eizan Kaburagi on Shuriken School.

He was also set to appear as Toplin in the Drake and Josh episode "Battle of Panthatar". Toplin was a nerdy character with a crush on Megan Parker played by Miranda Cosgrove. At the time, the unnamed iCarly was still in development. Schneider was so impressed with Kress's performance that he was first talking with Schneider about it while filming his scenes, and then auditioned for the role as Freddie six months later. After landing the role, Schneider decided to cut his Drake & Josh scenes from the episode, citing similarities between the characters.

In 2008, he starred with Christopher Meloni in the network's original television movie Gym Teacher: The Movie as Roland Waffle. He later guest starred as Prince Gabriel in the True Jackson, VP episode "True Royal", and as Ronald in an episode of The Penguins of Madagascar.

He made a cameo as an audience member in the Victorious episode "Who Did It to Trina?"

Christine McGlade (born August 25, 1963) is a Canadian Digital Media Executive and former actress, best known for her long run as host of the internationally popular kids sketch comedy TV program You Can't Do That On Television. She was with the show from its very beginning as a local attraction on Ottawa, Ontario, television station CJOH in 1979 until partway through the 1986 season. (In 1985 and 1986 Alasdair Gillis was her co-host.) She also served as host for Whatever Turns You On, the short-lived spinoff of YCDTOTV which aired on Canada's CTV network in the fall of 1979. For nine years, McGlade was the Director of Interactive at Ontario’s Public Educational Media organization, TVOntario. During her tenure there, she was the executive in charge of production for TVO on successful and well-known Transmedia Projects such as Inside Disaster, Chocolocate, and Green Heroes. Her work has focused on social issues and she is currently Director of Interactive for Canada’s largest Volunteer Network, getinvolved.ca and a Senior Partner at Communications firm Q Media Solutions.

Matthew James "Matt" Shively, Jr. (born September 15, 1990) is an American actor.

He is best known for his role as Ryan Laserbeam on the Nickelodeon television series True Jackson, VP. He currently plays Kirby in The Troop for season two. Before landing the role of Ryan, he had a small role in an episode of Zoey 101.

He currently plays the voice of Sky in the animated series Winx Club.

Lisa Ruddy (born June 1967) is an actress, most notable for her work on the show You Can't Do That On Television (a.k.a. YCDTOTV). Lisa was featured on the show, produced by CJOH television in Ottawa, Ontario and aired in the United States on Nickelodeon, from its beginning in 1979 until the end of the 1985 season. Originally on the show, Lisa was cast in "sweet little girl" roles for which she often had to wear frilly dresses. During the 1981 season, however, Lisa's "character" developed the trait which would continue for the rest of her time on the show. Reportedly, Lisa's tendency to talk too much on YCDTOTV was inspired by a real-life incident at school, in which Lisa was sent to after-school detention for talking in class and, as a result, was late arriving to the CJOH studio for rehearsals. YCDTOTV creators Roger Price and Geoffrey Darby subsequently rewrote the script of the "Nutrition (Good, Healthy Foods)" episode so that it included lots of jokes about Lisa talking a mile a minute. Thus, Lisa Ruddy acquired the nickname "Motormouth." She was also known as "Squeaky" because of her rather high-pitched (especially in the earlier years of the show) voice.

Lisa was also very frequently seen on the show playing (often unwillingly) "second banana" to host Christine McGlade, with whom she constantly bickered and traded "fat" jokes (although in real life the two were actually friends off-camera). In the 1984 "Politics" episode, Lisa was finally given her chance to shine when she ran for class president and tried to buy her friends' votes with free pizza (her uncle ran a pizza parlor). Unfortunately, she lost by a landslide; her competitor's uncle ran a video arcade.

Lisa is now married, has two children and runs a funeral home in Vankleek Hill, Ontario with her husband.

Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee.

From 2008 to 2011, she starred as True Jackson in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. Palmer also wrote and performed the show's theme song "How I Do".

In 2007, she guest starred in the Just Jordan episode "The Fame Game" as C.C. Livingston. She has competed in at least one celebrity episode of BrainSurge, and appeared as herself in the Degrassi episode "Spring Fever". She is currently the voice of Aisha on Winx Club.

She is set to produce and star in the network original movie Rags, along with fellow alums Nick Cannon, Avan Jogia, and Drake Bell.

Kenan Thompson (born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work as a cast member of NBC's long-running sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, as well for his starring roles in the films Good Burger and Fat Albert, his portrayal of Kenan Rockmore on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel, and as an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That. He ranks at #88 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. Throughout the 1990s, he frequently collaborated with fellow comedian Kel Mitchell.

He is also known for his starring roles in the films Good Burger, his portrayal of Kenan Rockmore on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel, and as an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That. Among his notable characters are Superdude, Miss Piddlin, Dullmont Junior High School Principal William Baines Pimpell, Pierre Escargot, and Randy.

He hosted the second season of Oh Yeah! Cartoons, and made guest appearances on The Amanda Show and Cousin Skeeter. He returned to the network in a somewhat regular basis to voice Rocky Rhodes on The Mighty B!.

He presented the Burp Contest at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards.

He guest-starred as himself in the iCarly-Victorious crossover iParty with Victorious. He claims that among the people constantly asking him for money is his original castmates on All That.

He appeared in several bumpers for TeenNick's late-night block "The '90s Are All That", as well as the music video for its anthem.

Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986), better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. After beginning his career as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well-known among young audiences for his role as Drake Parker on the series Drake & Josh. As of 2010, Bell remains one of Nickelodeon's most popular stars ever and has won nine Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Bell is commonly associated with his real-life friend Josh Peck, who co-starred with him often at their career peaks.

In addition to his acting, Bell has a growing career as a musician, and co-wrote and performed the theme song to Drake & Josh, entitled "Found a Way". In 2005 he independently released his debut album, Telegraph. His second album, It's Only Time, was released in 2006 after signing with Motown. His song "Makes Me Happy" has been used on several Dan Schneider programs, such as the Drake and Josh finale Really Big Shrimp.

Not only had Bell and Peck been brought over from The Amanda Show for Drake and Josh, but so was Nancy Sullivan, who played their mother, Audrey Parker-Nichols, on the latter show.

He also starred in the 2005 version of Yours, Mine and Ours, a Nickelodeon Movie which also starred fellow Nickelodeon alums Miranda Cosgrove and Lil' JJ.

Bell's long-standing connection with Dan Schneider led to appearances as himself in an episode of Zoey 101, the musical guest on later episodes of All That, in one of which he would reprise his Kyle character from Totally Kyle, and as himself attending the "Nickelodeon's All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special". He also sang backup on former co-star Cosgrove's iCarly theme song "Leave it All to Me", appearing in the music video that accompanies it. He even dropped by the show, seemingly in-character as Parker, during the filming of iWill Date Freddie, as revealed in "iBloop".

In 2011, he starred as a 23-year-old live action Timmy Turner in the movie A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!. He recorded "Lookin' Like Magic" with co-star Daniella Monet, who played Tootie, for the film.

He appeared as Parker once again via archive footage of the episode "I Love Sushi" in the Victorious episode "Who Did It to Trina?".

He is set to star as Shawn in Rags, a Nickelodeon original film. The film also stars Keke Palmer and Avan Jogia, and is executive produced by Nick Cannon.

Devon Joseph Werkheiser (born March 8, 1991) is an American actor and musician.

He is best known for his starring role as Ned Bigby on the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.

The success of that show led to a role in the 2007 Nickelodeon original movie Shredderman Rules, as the lead character Nolan Byrd and his internet persona Shredderman.

Christina Sally Kirkman (born February 25, 1993) is an American teen actress and comedian. She was best known for her role in All That in season 9 & 10.

Kirkman was born in Melrose, Massachusetts and she is an only child. She attended The Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose from kindergarten to fifth grade. Kirkman now attends Emerson College, class of 2015.

In 2003, Kirkman entered Nickelodeon's "America's Funniest Kid" competition and won the highly-coveted spot as a regular performer on All That.[1] In part of her audition she was asked to do a skit in which she met Jay Leno. She had never heard of Leno because she had never stayed up late, so she said "Who the heck is Jay Leno?" and instead pretended to talk to Leno's bodyguard. When asked if she thought she was going get into the All That cast, she responded, "I thought I had NO chance!" with a laugh.

Christina got to join the cast of All That after winning the contest. Christina had always dreamed of being on All That. In season 9, she made her first appearance in the second episode. She stayed on the cast for season 10 as well, though All That was cancelled after this season. Christina is last seen when she and Denzel Whitaker introduce the musical guest. Christina Kirkman showed off her rapping skills during a sketch on "All That" called "T.R. Yell".

Alasdair Murray Gillis (born April 6, 1971, Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian actor and musician best known for his role as himself as a teenager on Canadian children's television show You Can't Do That On Television from 1982 to 1986. In addition to his gig as one of the stars of the show, he also had a starring role in a 1983 television pilot called UFO Kidnapped.

Kel Mitchell (born August 25, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, parodist and musician.

He is best known for his work as a regular cast member on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, and for his role as Kel Kimble on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel.

His most notable All That characters include Coach Kreton, Okrah, Repairman, and Ed, from the "Good Burger" sketch, which was popular enough to garner a film that was released in 1997 by Nickelodeon Movies.

In 1999, he appeared in episodes of The Amanda Show and Cousin Skeeter. He was a panelist on Figure It Out in several episodes from 1998-1999. He also appeared in The Nick Cannon Show in 2002.

In 2013, Kel made a special guest appearance as Peezy B on Sam & Cat.

Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer, who is best known for her portrayal of the character Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical series. She also earned critical acclaim for her role in the 2009 film Bandslam.

Her first work on Nickelodeon was in 2003, she appeared as Lindsay in the "New Tunes" episode of The Brothers Garcia. After her HSM success, she appeared in the Drake & Josh episode "Little Sibling" as Becca, Drake Parker's girlfriend and in "Alien Invasion" as Penny.

She won Favorite Movie Actress at the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards for her role as Montez in High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

Her second nude photo scandal allegedly included pictures also featuring Alexa Nikolas[1], who starred on Zoey 101 in its first two seasons.

Claudio Encarnacion Montero Green (born 12 October 1995), better known as Claudio Encarnacion Montero, is an English actor. with mixed Dominican-American origin. He is known for his role in The Bird of Paradise (2012).Had a cameo appearance in of the original movie Nickelodeon, Big Time Movie.

Encarnacion was born in Islington, London, United Kingdom. He has 4 younger sisters; Ada, Yesenia, Ericka and an older sister Maryland who lives in Santa Barbara, California.

In Big Time Rush Movie Claudio acted as a young man named Billie Rivera and also in the short film The Bird of Paradise, a youth anti poverty of Santo Domingo. Encarnacion is a resident of Islington, London and attended the City and Guilds of London Art School and also in Teaneck Community Charter School. He appeared in some works of Theatre highlighting the Don Quixote as an innkeeper, Pinocchio as a beggar among.

In the same year he successfully debuted on The Bird of Paradise. Encarnacion made a cameo in the upcoming Nickelodeon Original Movie called Swindle with Jennette McCurdy, Ariana Grande, Noah Crawford, Ciara Bravo, Noah Munck etc. which aired on September 2013.

Joshua Michael Peck (born November 10, 1986) is an American actor and comedian. He started out as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his role on the The Amanda Show as well as in the films Snow Day and Max Keeble's Big Move. He also starred in the very successful children's sitcom, Drake & Josh, and recently appeared in the films Drillbit Taylor and The Wackness. Snow Day, a Nickelodeon Movie, was Peck's film debut. To promote the film, he appeared with his Snow Day castmates on All That in the February 26, 2000 episode to introduce the musical guest, Hoku, who performed "Another Dumb Blonde", which she contributed to the film's soundtrack. He would next appear on All That with Bell and Miranda Cosgrove, all three being co-stars at that point, for Nickelodeon's All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special, which aired on April 23, 2005.

He soon joined the cast of The Amanda Show at the start of the second season, where his chemistry with Drake Bell led to Drake & Josh. He later appeared in the "Wok Star" episode of Victorious as an audience member who intended to commend Jade West on her production of the play Well Wishes, but was brushed off.

He appeared as Nichols once again in archive footage of the Drake and Josh episode "I Love Sushi" in the Victorious episode "Who Did It to Trina?".

Bailee Madison (born October 15, 1999) is an American child actress. She is most famous for her role in the 2007 film adaptation of Katherine Paterson's Newbery Medal-winning novel Bridge to Terabithia in which she plays May Belle Aarons, the younger sister of Jesse Aarons. She films a webshow with her babysitter and fellow actress, Samantha Droke. Madison also starred in the horror film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Sally Hirst.

She first appeared on Nickelodeon as Maxine in the television film The Last Day of Summer. Later, she would star as Mary Alice Johansson in the television film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh, the girl whose Christmas promise keeps the stepbrothers out of jail.

Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993),[3][4] known professionally as Ariana Grande, is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She made her performance debut on Broadway at age 15, originating the role of Charlotte in 13 in 2008. Recently, she has gained attention for her role as Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious, which she reprises Sam & Cat, a spinoff of iCarly and Victorious.

Grande was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida.[5] She is of Italian descent, half Sicilian, half Abruzzese. Her name was inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat. Grande's parents are Joan Grande and Edward Butera, a graphic designer. She has an older brother, Frankie Grande, who is a performer and producer. He also was one of Grande's backup dancers on her first tour. Grande sang as a soloist in various symphonies, such as South Florida’s Philharmonic, Pops and Symphonia Orchestras. She has sung various times in NYC's Birdland and sang the National Anthem on the first live broadcast of the Florida Panther’s hockey league.

2003–10: Beginnings and Broadway

In her early years, she has been a soloist with various symphonies including South Florida’s Philharmonic, Pops and Symphonia Orchestras, and has had repeated appearances singing at NYC’s own Birdland. Ariana performed the National Anthem for the first live Fox Sports broadcast of the Anthem for the Florida Panther’s hockey league at age eight, her first National TV performance.[8]

In 2008, Grande played the role of Charlotte in the musical 13 on Broadway, for which she won a National Youth Theatre Association Award. When she joined the musical, Grande left her high school, North Broward Preparatory School, but continued to be enrolled. The school sent materials to her so she could study with tutors.

In 2010, she created the original role of Miriam in the reading of the new musical, Cuba Libre, written and produced by Desmond Child.

2010–present: Victorious, debut album and other projects Grande played the character Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon television show Victorious, which premiered in March 2010. Grande was also featured in Dream Magazine as the cover girl for the August 2011 issue. In 2011, Ariana voiced an animated fairy, Princess Diaspro, on the Nickelodeon series, Winx Club. Grande also made appearances as a panelist on Figure It Out. Grande starred as Snow White along with Charlene Tilton and Neil Patrick Harris in the Pasadena Playhouse's production of A Snow White Christmas from December 13–23, 2012. In 2012, Grande sang a duet with MIKA on the single version of his track Popular Song.

Sam & Cat It was announced during the network's presentation at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on August 3, 2012 that Sam & Cat, which would pair Grande from Victorious and Jennette McCurdy from iCarly together in a traditional "buddy sitcom" setting, where they would reprise their roles as Cat Valentine and Sam Puckett. Sam & Cat was picked up by Nickelodeon on November 29, 2012. The pilot suggests they will be roommates who launch a babysitting business for income. In the following month it was also announced that Victorious's current season (Season 3, which was split to a fourth season) will be the last. Grande tweeted stating that she wasn't hoping for it to end and was looking forward to being on both shows. It was announced that the third soundtrack would be released on November 6, 2012 titled as "Victorious 3.0. The first single was called "LA Boyz" (which was performed by Grande and Justice) and the music video was released October 18, 2012.

Ciara Quinn Bravo (born March 18, 1997) is an American actress, voice artist, singer, and comedian.

She is best known as Katie Knight, little sister to Kendall Knight on Big Time Rush.

In 2012, she is set to guest star on The Penguins of Madagascar as an Antarctic seal, in an episode known promotionally as "Operation: Antarctica".

Ciara has also appeared in Nickelodeon original movies such as Swindle and Jinxed.

Noah Bryant Munck (born May 3, 1996) is an American teen actor and comedian. His roles include Gibby Gibson in iCarly and Bobby Sinclair, the junior lawn-mowing entrepreneur in the TruGreen commercials. He was also the voice of Xavier in an episode of Phineas & Ferb.

His role as Gibby, known for being shirtless during school hours, was originally recurring at his season one debut, until the character became popular enough to become a main character at the start of the fourth season, and a real friend and main co-star for Carly Shay, Freddie Benson and Sam Puckett rather than just another kid at Ridgeway High School.

His younger brother, Ethan Munck, plays Gibby's little brother Guppy Gibson on three episodes of iCarly.