"On the outside, she was a happy, fun-loving girl, but on the inside, she was hurting." Jennette McCurdy brought to life the incomparable "Sam" from the hit series "iCarly". Her character was funny and witty, yet no one could have imagined that her life when the camera went off was a living hell. Her mother, a frustrated actress, decided to dump all her anger and insecurities on her young daughter. It wasn't until she lost her life to cancer that Jennette could finally start living. | Hallelujah

Jennette McCurdy was all giggles while playing Sam Puckett on iCarly, but behind the scenes, she was living an ordeal. The actress published a book in which she revealed her mother's struggle to make her little girl the star she couldn't be. Her co-stars had no idea. | The Stars

In her new memoir, former Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy reflects on the challenges she faced as a child actor. | Brut