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Before we get started, we'd like to point you that Sam Puckett is a fictional character featured on the television show iCarly. Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy, better known by her stage name as Jennette McCurdy, portrayed the part of Sam Puckett. In this post, we will tell you who Jennette McCurdy is and what she has done in her career.

Jennette McCurdy was born in 1992, and her birthday is June 26th. In addition to being a singer-songwriter and a former actor, she is a filmmaker, a podcaster, and a podcast. As Sam Puckett on the Nickelodeon comedy iCarly, she is broadly known. McCurdy had her breakthrough, earning her four Kids' Choice Awards and several other honors for her portrayal of Sam Puckett. 

Jennette McCurdy was born in Los Angeles and reared in the United States Californian city. Her parents have three other children in addition to her. She is the oldest of the four children, and she is the eldest kid among the four. She has three younger brothers.

Jennette McCurdy Career Starting

Jennette McCurdy began her acting career in 2000, when she was eight years old, in the television series Mad TV. McCurdy also had a role in the film Stark, where she played Rocky's sister. 

Image: Jennette McCurdy started her career in 2000
Source: Instagram @jennettemccurdy

The actress has since appeared in several television shows, Victorious, Comedy Bang! Bang, Between, Robot Chicken, The Eric Andre Show, Sam & Cat, Swindle, Ben and Kate, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Best Player, and many more. In 2003, she got the opportunity to co-star in the film Hollywood Homicide with her idol, Harrison Ford, which was a dream come true for her.

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The role of Hailey Campos in the television series Strong Medicine earned her a nomination for a Young Artist Award in the category of Best Performance in a Television Series – Guest Starring Young Actress in 2005. Besides that, she has featured in several advertisements, including one for Sprint and a public service message on crossing the street safely.

Jennette McCurdy Retired From Acting

In 2016, Jennette McCurdy announced an agreement with digital production business Canvas Media Studios to collaborate on projects that would allow her to use her social media relationships with followers better. The psychological thriller Pet also included McCurdy, who played Claire in the film. 

Image: Jennette McCurdy quit acting in 2017
Source: Instagram @jennettemccurdy

Between was not continued for the third season, and although reviewers praised her for being "among the few members of the cast who can act," she remarked on her website that she was embarrassed by 90 percent of her resume.   In 2017, she made the decision to leave the acting industry and pursue writing and directing full-time.

Jennette McCurdy became a Director.

Kenny, a short film directed by McCurdy, was released in 2018 and marked her debut as a film director. According to the actress, the dramedy film, which she co-wrote and directed, was inspired by the loss of her mother and boasted an all-female cast and crew. 

Image: Jennette McCurdy debuted as a director in 2018
Source: Instagram @jennettemccurdy

Kenny has been featured in The Hollywood Reporter and Short of the Week, among other publications. The Grave, The McCurdys, a semi-autobiographical short film based on her upbringing, and Strong Independent Women are three short films that she wrote and directed that have been released since then. She indicated in late 2018 that she intends to produce other films in the future.

Jennette McCurdy is a Writer as Well

In 2011, McCurdy started writing a collection of articles for The Wall Street Journal, which she has continued to write in the past. She has written eight articles for the paper on issues ranging from Shirley Temple to body shaming to a corporate culture that she believes is full of smoke and mirrors. 

Jennette has also written for the paper's website. She has also written for Seventeen magazine and The Huffington Post, among other publications. As talented as she is, you wonder how she is still single. 

Her Mother abused Jennette McCurdy.

McCurdy came out in October 2021 and said that she had been emotionally and sexually abused by her mother. She added that her mother was "obsessed with turning her into a celebrity," and she went into depth about how her mother contributed to her eating problem and other issues. 

Image: Jennette McCurdy was abused by her mother
Source: Instagram @jennettemccurdy

Jennette also said that her mother conducted vaginal and breast checks on her until McCurdy was seventeen years old and that she was never allowed to shower by herself. McCurdy said that she declined to join in the iCarly resurrection because the show's rebirth would serve as a reminder of her mother's abuse in the original series. Jennette's presence on Sam & Cat was done to appease her mother's wishes.

Jennette McCurdy later Faced a Health-related Issue.

McCurdy openly acknowledged in a March 2019 post published by The Huffington Post that she had struggled with anorexia and then bulimia nervosa since she was 11 years old in an article published by The Huffington Post. According to the report, McCurdy describes how her mother and the entertainment industry helped her develop disordered eating, how she sought help after her sister-in-law noticed the disorder, and various "come-to-Jesus moments" such as once losing a tooth after regurgitating stomach fluids that wore down her tooth enamel and passing out on Miranda Cosgrove's bathroom floor due to dehydration, among other things. 

Image: Jennette McCurdy faced health issues from an early life
Source: Instagram @jennettemccurdy

Additionally, McCurdy is a recovered alcoholic, having started drinking extensively soon before her mother's death and having been sober for about a year. McCurdy made a passing remark about having suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder as a youngster in a podcast episode broadcast in the year 2020.

Jennette McCurdy Awards 

Jennette McCurdy has been nominated for the award a total of sixteen times. She was nominated for sixteen awards in all for her five films and television programs. Strong Medicine, The Last Day of Summer, iCarly, Herself, and Sam & Cat were the five films that helped her earn a total of sixteen nominations for the Academy Awards. 

Image: Jennette McCurdy has won 5 awards
Source: Instagram @jennettemccurdy

She has received sixteen nominations and has received five awards as a result of those nominations. iCarly is the one and only award-winning work created by her. She has received five accolades as a result of her role in iCarly. She was nominated 11 times for her role on iCarly, twice from Herself and the rest once from each of the other movies and television programs.

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