Naomi Grossman
Born: 1975-02-06 in Denver, Colorado, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Naomi Grossman was a 2018 Primetime Emmy nominee for "Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama" for her role in Ctrl Alt Delete. Best known as the first crossover character, the fan-favorite "Pepper" on FX's American Horror Story: Asylum & Freak Show, Naomi also appeared as a new character, the Satanist "Samantha Crowe" in the eighth season, Apocalypse. Naomi made #5 of IMDb's "Top 10 Breakout Stars" after her STARmeter skyrocketed to #1, making her the most searched in its entire 8 million person database. Huffington Post, The Wrap, Screen Rant, and Syfy all ranked Pepper among "The Best AHS Characters Ever;" MTV named her their "#1 Good Guy;" Uproxx, their "#1 Most Tragic;" Geek Insider, a "Top 5 Most Underrated AHS Performer," and Entertainment Weekly called her being cast in the role "The Best of 2012." Fans may also recognize her from cameos in the following feature films: Table for Three, The Chair, 1BR, Sky Sharks, Bite Me, Painkillers, The Lurker, Murder RX, The Portal, Preacher Six, An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted), and Fear, Inc. Naomi graduated in theatre from Northwestern University, and is a former member of the Groundlings Sunday Company.
Filmography
2025
- HIM as Marjorie
- Pet Investigators as Patricia Brown
2024
- Hauntology as Annalisa Drouais
2023
- Obliterated as Janet
- Murder Motel as Anna
- Oblivious as Willow
2022
- The Allnighter as Passenger Ava
2021
- American Horror Stories as Rabid Ruth
- Painted with Raven as Self - Guest Judge
2020
- Murder RX
- Sky Sharks as Natalie Rochefort
- Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible as Self
2019
- 1BR as Janice
- Painkillers as Nurse Sheralyn
- Bite Me as Chrissy
- The Lurker as Grace Fisher
2018
- Good Girls as Dr. Amanda Johnson
2017
- An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted) as Carrie
2016
- Fear, Inc. as Cat
- The Chair as Mother
2011
- American Horror Story as Pepper
- Halloween Wars as Self - Guest Judge
2005
- Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron