Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Naomi Grossman
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.2
Low visibility
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Movies: 17Series: 7
TMDB ID: 1454845
IMDb ID: nm1303594
Known for: Acting
Born: February 6, 1975
Age: 51
Place of birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2005 - 2025
Years active: 21
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q18434397
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Naomi Grossman.
5.8
HIM
as Marjorie
2025 Movie
5.8
Pet Investigators
as Patricia Brown
2025 Movie
5.1
Hauntology
as Annalisa Drouais
2024 Movie
6.3
Murder Motel
as Anna
2023 Movie
5.0
Oblivious
as Willow
2023 Movie
3.6
The Allnighter
as Passenger Ava
2022 Movie
4.9
Sky Sharks
as Natalie Rochefort
2020 Movie
4.4
Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible
as Self
2020 Movie
4.8
Murder RX
2020 Movie
2.8
The Lurker
as Grace Fisher
2019 Movie
6.0
1BR
as Janice
2019 Movie
5.3
Bite Me
as Chrissy
2019 Movie
3.7
Painkillers
as Nurse Sheralyn
2019 Movie
4.3
An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)
as Carrie
2017 Movie
3.4
The Chair
as Mother
2016 Movie
5.7
Fear, Inc.
as Cat
2016 Movie
The Subscriber
as Kitt KO Jones
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Naomi Grossman.
6.9
Obliterated
as Janet • 1 eps
2023 Series
5.5
Painted with Raven
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.8
American Horror Stories
as Rabid Ruth • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.8
Good Girls
as Dr. Amanda Johnson • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.1
American Horror Story
as Pepper • 11 eps
2011 Series
6.4
Halloween Wars
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.8
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron • 1 eps
2005 Series