Hey Millennials: did 2021’s debut of the iCarly reboot make you’re feeling outdated? Maybe it looks like simply yesterday that you simply have been tuned into Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh; at present, Drake Bell is making headlines for little one endangerment costs. Or possibly it’s onerous to consider that Jamie Lynn Spears—greatest referred to as excessive schooler Zoey Brooks—is a mom of two.
All that is to say that we are able to’t consider how a lot time has handed since we have been first launched to those little one stars. And it’s simply as unimaginable that in spite of everything these years, they continue to be within the highlight (some for higher causes than others.) Make a journey down reminiscence lane and discover out the place your whole favourite former Nickelodeon stars are actually.
Victoria Justice
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Victoria Justice made her TV debut in a 2003 episode of Gilmore Women, however kids’s channels are the place she discovered fame. After three seasons on Zoey 101 and appearances on exhibits like The Suite Lifetime of Zack & Cody and iCarly, Justice earned prime billing within the sitcom Victorious. For 4 seasons, she received over thousands and thousands of teenagers together with her function as aspiring singer Tori Vega. The collection additionally earned two consecutive Youngsters’ Selection Awards (2012 and 2013) for Favourite TV present.
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Now 28, Justice is an all-around entertainer who divides her time between singing and appearing. One in every of her greater initiatives included starring alongside Laverne Cox in 2016’s The Rocky Horror Image Present: Let’s Do the Time Warp Once more. She additionally self-released two singles this 12 months: “Stay” and “Too F–kin’ Nice.”
She hasn’t forgotten her roots, both. In 2020, she hosted a digital version of Nickelodeon’s Youngsters’ Selection Awards.
Drake Bell
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Drake Bell was 13 years outdated when he first appeared on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Present; 5 years later, he and co-star Josh Peck earned their very own spin-off Drake & Josh. The Odd Couple-esque sitcom ran for 4 seasons between 2004 and 2007 and spawned three full-length made-for-TV films. Bell additionally discovered success as a musician, writing and performing the collection’ theme tune “I Found a Way.” His function helped win a number of Youngsters’ Selection Awards for Favourite TV Actor and Favourite TV Present.
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Bell had a profitable post-Nick profession, voicing Spider-Man in varied TV collection: Avengers Assemble, Hulk and the Brokers of S.M.A.S.H., and Final Spider-Man. He’s additionally launched a complete of 5 studio albums, one in every of which charted on the US Billboard 200.
However latest authorized troubles have threatened his profession and popularity. In early July, Bell pleaded responsible to costs of tried little one endangerment relating to an incident involving a 15-year-old lady. He was sentenced to 2 years probation and 200 hours of group service.
Jennette McCurdy
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Jennette McCurdy is greatest identified for enjoying Sam Puckett on iCarly. After its five-year run, she starred in two seasons of the spin-off Sam & Cat. She additionally confirmed promise as a musician, touchdown on the Billboard Sizzling Nation Songs chart for her 2012 single “Generation Love.”
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However McCurdy didn’t fairly capitalize on her teen fame the best way her fellow Nickelodeon friends did. She ultimately stop appearing and even declined a chance to look on the latest iCarly reboot.
“I resent my career in a lot of ways,” she stated earlier this 12 months. “I feel so unfulfilled by the roles that I played and felt like it was the most cheesy, embarrassing.”
McCurdy revealed that her appearing years coincided with hidden private traumas, together with a historical past of consuming issues and a poisonous relationship together with her mom. Right now, she has turned her life round and focuses on work behind the digicam. She has written and directed three brief movies since 2018 and presently hosts the podcast Empty Inside.
Keke Palmer
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Keke Palmer was a promising star with a formidable resume (Akeelah and the Bee, Tyler Perry’s Home of Payne) lengthy earlier than Nickelodeon scooped her as much as play the lead on True Jackson, VP. Palmer’s function on the sitcom made her the fourth highest-paid little one star of 2010; she additionally parlayed her success right into a vogue line carried at Walmart.
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True Jackson, VP ran for 3 seasons and led to 2011, however Palmer continued working for Nickelodeon on different initiatives, together with voiceover work for Winx Membership and a starring function within the film Rags. She didn’t depend on the teenager demographic endlessly, although. In 2019, she co-hosted the daytime information program GMA3 (or Strahan, Sara, and Keke) with Sarah Haines and Michael Strahan. She additionally had a job in Lorene Scarafia’s Hustlers.
Palmer, who has one studio album and 4 EPs beneath her belt, continues to pursue music, too. (It appears that evidently courting controversy on Twitter has not affected her profession.) In 2020, she hosted the MTV Video Music Awards, the place she carried out the only “Snack.”
Jamie Lynn Spears
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Jamie Lynn Spears wasn’t one to dwell within the shadow of her huge sister Britney. From 2002-2004, she starred in episodes of the sketch comedy present All That. The next 12 months, she scored her personal present, Zoey 101. The collection ran for 3 years and was one in every of Nickelodeon’s highest-rated applications of the 2000s. In 2006, Spears received the Youngsters’ Selection Award for Favourite TV actress.
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Spears turned pregnant through the remaining season of Zoey 101 and is presently a mother to 2 youngsters, Maddie Briann Aldridge and Ivey Joan Watson. She dropped out of the highlight for a couple of years to give attention to motherhood, however in 2019 she was forged within the Netflix collection Candy Magnolias. The next 12 months, she confirmed {that a} Zoey 101 reboot was within the works following a forged reunion on All That.
All eyes are presently on Spears as her huge sis fights for her independence. Maybe she’ll present extra perception in her memoir, which is was released in January 2022.
Amanda Bynes
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Amanda Bynes was Nickelodeon’s golden little one within the Nineteen Nineties. Her pure comedic expertise on the sketch present All That led to her personal in style selection collection The Amanda Present. From there, she spent 4 years starring within the WB comedy What I Like About You whereas engaged on her budding movie profession. With constructive evaluations for She’s the Man and Hairspray, followers and critics noticed a promising future for Bynes.
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In 2010, Bynes introduced her retirement from appearing after filming her remaining film, Straightforward A. After a string of disturbing and controversial conduct, her dad and mom for conservatorship in 2013. She turned a brand new leaf as a pupil at a Los Angeles vogue college, graduating in 2019. Bynes continues to wrestle with restarting a stalled profession, however involved followers on social media are rooting for a comeback.
Miranda Cosgrove
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Miranda Cosgrove confirmed promise ever since she performed the sassy little pupil Summer season Hathaway in Faculty of Rock. Nevertheless it was her starring function on Nickelodeon’s iCarly that made her a family title. In addition to starring on six seasons of the teenager sitcom, she made appearances on quite a lot of the channels’ different applications (Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, All That) and had a starring voice function within the Despicable Me movie collection.
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Cosgrove launched the studio album Sparks Fly in 2010, however she appears to prioritize appearing over music. Most lately, she obtained two Daytime Emmy nominations for her CBS collection Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove. And earlier this 12 months, she starred within the reboot of iCarly on Paramount Plus. Cosgrove additionally served as an govt producer on the collection—a reminder that she’s come a great distance from being a cute little one star.
Josh Peck
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Like Drake Bell, Josh Peck received his begin on The Amanda Present earlier than transitioning to his personal sitcom Drake & Josh. Since then, his diverse profession has included indie movies, voice roles for the Ice Age animated movie collection, and primetime community collection. His function on the short-lived Fox comedy Grandfathered even earned him a 2016 Folks’s Selection Award nomination for Favourite Actor in a New TV Sequence.
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In 2017, Peck made the weird transition from appearing to vlogging. He began as an everyday member of David Dobrik’s Vlog Squad after which established his personal YouTube channel.
However he hasn’t given up on appearing totally. In July, he returned to screens because the star of Turner & Hooch on Disney+. He’s additionally presently filming 13: The Musical, co-starring Peter Hermann (Youthful, Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit) and Rhea Perlman.
Devon Werkheiser
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Devon Werkheiser got here into youngsters’ consciousness when he performed Ned Bigby on the favored Nickelodeon sitcom Ned’s Declassified Faculty Survival Information. The collection ran for 3 seasons between 2004 and 2006, after which the younger actor started dabbling in music. Between one-time spots on varied TV exhibits (2 Broke Women, Greek, Prison Minds), he launched the 2016 studio album Prologue and three EPs.
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In 2019, Werkheiser appeared within the movie Crown Vic, starring Bridget Moynahan and David Krumholtz. The next 12 months, he starred in 10 episodes of the Twitch authentic collection Synthetic. These days, he engages his fans on TikTok, the place he has 1 million followers.
