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Jonah Beres is known for PEN15 (2019), Balloon (2019) and Splitting Up Together (2018). More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Resume. Add to list. Awards. 2 wins. Photos 111. Known for. PEN15. 8.1. TV Series. Brandt. 2019–2020 • 9 eps. Balloon. 6.9. Short. Sam Wheeler. 2019. Splitting Up Together. 6.9. TV Series. Jules. 2018 • 2 eps.
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Recent Awards and Recognition. Jonah Beres is an American teen actor known for his roles in PEN15, Splitting Up Together, Oscar contender BALLOON & Strange Nature.
- Maya Ishii-Peters
- Anna Kone
- Yuki Ishii-Peters
- Fred Peters
- Shuji Ishii-Peters
- Kathy Kone
- Curtis Kone
- Sam Zablowski
- Gabe
- Heather
Anna’s best friend, seventh-grader Maya Ishii-Peters comes from a Japanese-American family. Despite her talent for drumming and acting, she’s often insecure about her abilities as well as her looks, especially after being dubbed UGIS, or Ugliest Girl in School. Maya is also a class clown, being an expert in Ace Ventura impersonations; however, this...
Maya’s best friend, seventh-grader Anna Kone is equally unpopular. She’s an extremely talented singer, having had a solo in the school’s musical performance. After a long marital crisis, Anna’s parents decided to get divorced. The whole situation has forced their daughter to adopt a more mature, and sometimes stoic, attitude towards life. She’s sho...
Maya’s mother can be as stern as she is loving. Yuki values her Japanese origin and strives to pass her language and culture on to her children. She often acts as a voice of reason against Maya’s temper tantrums. Mutsuko Erskine is Maya Erskine’s real mother. PEN15 is her first acting job, though she has appeared in many of her daughter’s NYU film ...
Maya’s father is a drummer who is frequently away from home touring with his Steely Dancover band, coming back for important events like Maya’s big drum solo. Richard Karn is one of those actors that you have certainly seen before, even if you can’t recall exactly where. He has appeared in shows and movies ranging from the soap opera The Bold and t...
Maya’s eighth-grader brother is often mean to his little sister, but he’s always there when she needs someone to help her come up with insults to humiliate a bully, among other big brother things. In Season 2, it is revealed that Shuji is actually Maya’s half-brother, though the family doesn’t treat the two siblings any differently. Dallas Liu star...
Anna’s mother, who has a tumultuous relationship with her husband, is super into crystals and alternative therapies. Walters is known for her role as Wanda Henrickson in the HBO drama series Big Love, as well as for movies like Dead Poets Society, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, and The Butterfly Effect.
Anna’s father seems to be more on his daughter’s good side than Kathy. After the divorce, Curtis jumps right into a mid-life crisis, piercing his ear and buying a used convertible. Nichols is best known for his role in '90s and early-2000s movies like Metropolitan and The Boiler Room. Recently, he has appeared in episodes of The Walking Dead, Anima...
The girls’ carpool friend and classmate who secretly has a crush on Maya. Sam is based onZvibleman’s teenage experiences. Besides Pen15, Cross has also appeared in the NBC show Young Rock, based on Dwayne Johnson’s life.
One of Sam’s best friends, Gabe is presented as a gay boy struggling with his sexuality. In Season 2, he stars in the school play alongside Maya and briefly asks her to be his girlfriend. Dylan Gage has appeared in episodes of Stranger Things and This Is Us. Most recently, he has been in Hillbilly Elegy and Fear Street: 1978.
Pictured here on the far right, Heather is the school’s resident popular girl that has an on-and-off relationship with Alex. In the movies, Pniowsky has starred in He’s Out There, Light of My Life, and Bad Therapy. She has also appeared in the National Geographic show The Hot Zone.
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Oct 5, 2020 · The second season of PEN15 premiered last month on Hulu. LRM Online’s Gig Patta exclusively spoke with young actor Jonah Beres, who plays Brandt on the show. Brandt is a junior high school...
