Montana Jacobowitz

Montana L. Jacobowitz (born November 26, 2001) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, musician, and advocate from Scranton, Pennsylvania. She is best known for her role as Peaches Thomas in the Amazon Prime series 2Real4U. She is also known for her appearance in the CBS film Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (film).
Jacobowitz was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She is of American, Alaskan, and European American descent. Her parents are Irwin and Pearl Jacobowitz. She has two brothers, Dakota Jacobowitz and Arizona Jacobowitz. 
Jacobowitz began acting at the age of 7 years old at her school and local theater productions. When she was 10 years old, she wrote an inspirational play (later adapted short film) called, My Brother Arizona, about her brother Arizona, who is autistic. The video later became a school wide sensation on YouTube. By the age of 13, she booked her first major project on a PBS TV show called Teenage Critic as a co-host. Two years later she appeared in the CBS film Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (film). In 2019, she began playing the recurring role of Peaches Thomas in the Amazon Prime (and later TV show) series 2Real4U. 
Jacobowitz was nominated in three categories at the 5th Young Entertainer Awards and named Best Young Actress in a music video on October 25, 2020, for her song Let Me In. The following month, she was nominated in four categories at the 41st Young Artist Awards and won the award for "Outstanding Vocalist" on November 21, 2020, for her original song, Ask Me Why I Cry. In 2019, she was nominated for Actress of the Year for her work in the streaming TV series 2Real4U at the Inaugural Youth Actors Awards. The same year, she was chosen as a finalist on November 16th, for her advocacy work at the Global Youth Awards. 
Her parents signed her up for dance at the age of 3 years old and then gymnastics and cheerleading at the age of 11 years old. Jacobowitz started writing her own songs at the age of 12 years old and in 2019, she released her own music including Let Me In, Ask Me Why I Cry, The Things I've Done, and Reckless. 
 She began playing the violin, cello, chimes, alto saxophone, guitar, and ukulele from a very young age. She has recently expanded with learning to play the piano and drums. 
 
Jacobowitz has always been big on advocating ever since she was 6 years old. She takes pride in her efforts to bring attention to the homelessness, children with special needs, education issues, cancer, women empowerment, bullying, climate change, abuse, etc. She has shown a desire to be a part of the United Nations and become a UN Goodwill Ambassador. Jacobowitz has also shown a desire to study law and possibly open her own school to teach the special needs population and to protect their rights through advocacy and the legal process. She believes in spreading peace throughout the World is a global effort and necessary to conquer poverty. 
=== Sound ===
Jacobowitz has been described as a very versatile artist between singing pop, r&b/soul, indie, rap, and latino. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. 
=== Influences ===
Jacobowitz has cited that her musical influences are Alicia Keys, Alessia Cara, Arlissa, Andra Day, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sandé, Rihanna, Adele, Julia Michaels, Lewis Capaldi, Sam Smith, and Jessie Reyez, "they also sing very powerful originals and write real powerful messages in their music, just like me." She has also mentioned actors that have influences including, Emma Watson, Melissa Gilbert, and Leonardo DiCaprio, "I feel that they have taught me a few acting techniques just by watching them. 
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2019	Edgewood, Ohio 	Maxine 	Short film
2019	Learning Curve 	Sydney Corbin 	Short film
2017	Proverbs 	Photographer Outside Courthouse	
2016	Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life	Student 	Uncredited
2015	Shake Off the World 	High School Student 	Uncredited
2013	The Mystery of the Talent Show 	Gymnast 	Short film
2012	My Brother Arizona 	Montana 	Short film
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2019-2020	2Real4U 	Peaches Thomas	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2018 	Celebration of Music	Contestant 	1 episode
2014 	Teenage Critic 	Co-host 	5 episodes
=== Singles ===
Title 	Year
Reckless 	2020
The Things I've Done	2020
Ask Me Why I Cry 	2019
Let Me In 	2019
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result
2020	Young Artist Awards 	Outstanding Vocalist 	Ask Me Why I Cry 	
2020	Young Artist Awards 	Outstanding Music Single 	Let Me In 	
2020	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Streaming Series - Teen Artist	2Real4U 	
2020	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Short Film - Teen Actress 	Edgewood, Ohio 	
2020	Young Artist Awards 	Outstanding Influencer 	Influencer 	
2020	Young Entertainer Award 	Best Young Actress - Music Video 	Let Me In 	
2020	Young Entertainer Award 	Best Music Single 	Ask Me Why I Cry 	
2020	Young Entertainer Award 	Best Young Actress - Short Film 	Edgewood, Ohio 	
2019	Diamondnique Productions - Inaugural Youth Actors Award	Best Film Youth Actress of the Year 	2Real4U 	
2019	Global Youth Awards 	Advocate 	Advocacy For Change	Finalist
Category:American actresses
Category:2001 births
Category:American songwriters