Kira Kosarin is an American actress. She is best known as playing Phoebe Thunderman on the Nickelodeon series, The Thundermans.
Career
Kira Kosarin began her acting career at a young age, appearing in various television shows and commercials. She started her professional acting career with small roles in TV shows such as "In Treatment" and "Army Wives", before landing the lead role in The Thundermans in 2013. The show ran for four seasons until 2018. In addition to her acting work, Kosarin is also a talented singer and has released several singles and an EP. She has also been involved in various philanthropic efforts, including advocating for mental health awareness and supporting organizations that help children with disabilities.
Discography
Kira Kosarin has released several singles and EPs throughout her music career. Here is a list of her discography:
- EP: "Reimagined" (2016) - a collection of reimagined covers of popular songs
- Single: "Zero Gravity" (2017)
- Single: "Can't Feel My Face" (2017)
- Single: "Undercover" (2018)
- EP: "Light Me Up" (2018) - a 5-track EP featuring the singles "Light Me Up", "Fool's Gold", and "Compass"
- Single: "Compass" (2018)
- Single: "Midnight Sun" (2019)
- Single: "My Own Drum" (2020)
Kira Kosarin's music style is a blend of pop, electronic, and R&B, and she has gained a significant following online for her soulful vocals and catchy songwriting.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Shake It Up | Raina Kumar | Episode: Wrestle It Up |
2013 - 2018 | The Thundermans | Phoebe Thunderman | Lead role |
2014 | The Haunted Hathaways | Phoebe Thunderman | Crossover episode: The Haunted Thundermans |
2014 | AwesomenessTV | Herself | Guest host; episode: "Teen Challenge" |
2015 | One Crazy Cruise | Ellie Bauer | Television movie (Nickelodeon) |
2015 | Nickelodeon's Ho-Ho Holiday Special | Herself | Special |
2016 | School of Rock | Princess Oliviana | Episode: A Band With No Name |
2016 | Henry Danger | Phoebe Thunderman | Crossover episode: Danger & Thunder |
2016 | Paradise Run | Herself | 2 episodes: "It's All About the Thunderman!" and "Thundermans in Paradise" |
2017 | Nickelodeon's Not's So Valentine Special | Herself | Special |
2017 | Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp Special | Herself | Special |
2018 | Lip Sync Battles Shorties | Herself | Episode: Catwalk/Jungle/Girls Night Out |
2018 | Knight Squad | Kiki | Episode: Wish I May, Wish I Knight |
2018 | All About The Washingtons | Malia | Episode: Yo! Bum Rush The Secret Show |
2018 | Double Dare | Herself | Episode: Thunderstruck vs. Girl Power |
2019 | Good Trouble | Aria | Episode: Parental Guidence suggested |
2019 | Lucky | Shannon | Television movie nickelodeon (Voice role) |
2019 | Welcome to the Wayne | Stacey Wasserman | Episode: Welcome to the Wassermans |
2019 | Light as a Feather | Nadia | Recurring role (season 2) |
2021 | Supercool | Ava | |
2023 | The Tiny Chef Show | Herself | Episode: "Tiny Chef's Marvelous Mish Mesh Special" |
2024 | The Thundermans Return | Phoebe Thunderman | Movie |
Trivia
- She has dated actor Chase Austin who guest starred on the crossover Haunted Thundermans.
- Her father's name is Danny Kosarin who used to be a music director.
- She has a music single released called "Replay". She is currently working on new music which may be released in late 2017.
- On her first day in Hollywood, someone asked what she wanted to do if she could book any job which she replied that she wanted a Nickelodeon show.
- She always performed when she was little, doing musical theatre to follow in my parents’ Broadway footsteps.
- When she was eleven, she took an “acting on camera” workshop, fell in love with it, moved to California and tried to start a career in television.
- She knew Jack Griffo for three years before booking the The Thundermans role.
- Music is definitely another passion of Kira's and would love to work with it further in her career at some point in the future.
- She cried right in the middle of a restaurant, when she got the role of Phoebe Thunderman.
- She's a trained ballet dancer.
- Her favorite subject is math
- Her favorite colors are red and blue.
- She admires female comediennes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler.
- She is involved with a charity called Camp Del Corazon.
- She skipped two grades when she was younger.
- She studied in high school at 12-years-old, and graduated as class valedictorian at 16 years old.
- She used to dream about meeting Victoria Justice and Madisyn Shipman.
- She is Jewish and went to a Jewish preschool.