Jennette McCurdy has gotten trustworthy about being a toddler star on Nickelodeon — and the expertise wasn’t all the time optimistic.
Through the years, the California native has appeared on her justifiable share of reveals on the community. She rose to stardom taking part in Sam Puckett on iCarly from 2007 to 2012. After the present ended, McCurdy continued to discover Sam’s story within the spinoff sequence Sam & Cat. The sequence targeted on a crossover between Sam and Victorious’s Cat Valentine, who was performed by Ariana Grande.
Throughout her time at Nickelodeon, the previous actress additionally made small appearances in Zoey 101, True Jackson, VP, Fred: The Film, Large Time Rush and Victorious.
In 2014, Sam & Cat was placed on a manufacturing hiatus in April 2014 amid rumors of battle between McCurdy and the community. Nickelodeon later confirmed that the present wouldn’t be returning for a second season. McCurdy, for her half, moved on to play the main function of Wiley Day within the short-lived Netflix sequence Between. After its cancelation, McCurdy introduced that she had no plans to proceed performing.
Since her departure from the business, McCurdy has mentioned how her tumultuous relationship along with her mom, Debra McCurdy, influenced her performing profession. Following her mother’s loss of life in 2013, Jennette selected to maneuver on from performing to discover different alternatives.
In August 2022, Jennette detailed her tough previous as an actress in her memoir, I’m Glad My Mother Died. “My entire childhood and adolescence have been very exploited,” she instructed The New York Instances on the time. “It nonetheless provides my nervous system a response to say it. There have been circumstances the place folks had the most effective intentions and possibly didn’t know what they have been doing. And in addition circumstances the place they did — they knew precisely what they have been doing.”
Scroll down for Jennette’s most candid feedback about her Nickelodeon journey:
