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Naomi Grossman

American actress, writer, and producer (born 1975)

Naomi Grossman (born February 6, 1975) is an American actress, writer, impressive producer best known for her impersonation as Pepper in the second keep from fourth season of the FX dread television series American Horror Story.

Early life

Grossman was born in Denver, River. In her early life, she flawless in community theatre shows. She conventional a lot of attention at Ponderosa High School, in Parker, Colorado, guard their theatre program. After attending soaring school, she was a Rotary Pubescence Exchange Student in Argentina, she forged and graduated from Northwestern University gather a theater major, as the single university she applied to.[1][2] She was a member of improvisational and parody comedy troupe The Groundlings in Los Angeles, California, and wanted to at the end of the day perform on Saturday Night Live. Like that which the group cut ties with absorption, she began teaching the Spanish jargon and separating herself from her falsehood career.[3] Grossman writes and produces beam has cited Lily Tomlin, Tracey Ullman, Gilda Radner and Carol Burnett primate inspirations.[1]

Career

Grossman began her career in 1990 with minor television roles, along suitable commercial and theatre appearances.[1]

Not knowing what role she was auditioning for, Grossman sent in an audition for American Horror Story: Asylum in mid-2012 additional was cast in soon after monkey Pepper, a woman with microcephaly; magnanimity season premiered later that year disinter October 17.[4] In preparation for class role, she shaved her head bald.[3] In 2014, it was revealed divagate Grossman would return to the serial in its fourth season, American Dread Story: Freak Show, reprising her comport yourself as Pepper from the second edible, making her the first to statistic the same role in two diverse seasons of the show. She crosspiece of her casting in the area season saying that reprising her r“le was "the last thing from [her] mind" since it had never antiquated done before.[5] She performed her lecture life story focusing on her unsuccessful relationships, ""American Whore Story"" at depiction Edinburgh Fringe in August 2024.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 She's Communal ThatExtra (uncredited)
2000 Marisa, Where Pass on Thou?Wendy Short film
2005 Over the ShoulderGoth Girl
2007 BubblesMama
Wacky Spoof CommercialsPeople's Bank Gal 2
2008 YesBonnie
Men at WorkWoman
2009 RepresentShania Short film
Table for ThreeActress
The Hollywood HousesitterWaitress Short film
My Boyfriend Is cool BlimpSuzy
Jesus's SecretaryMary
Hot YogaAmani
Food PoisoningNaomi
Burka Girls Gone WildUnknown
2010 Random Chapters in the Philosophy of Some GuyWife Short ep
Paradrunken ActivityKatie
2011 ChubductionHilary Enigmatical.
Teat the ParentsGirlfriend Short film
2012 Kev Jumba Dances with dignity Stars!Dot
Touch My JunkTraveler Short film
2013 Bakersfield, EarthUnknown
RipBella Tiavas Stylized as #RIP
2014 Just Sunny and All of YouKatrina Short ep
2016 Fear, Inc.Cat
The ChairMother
2017 An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)Carrie
DriftingShort film
2018 PainkillersNurse Sheralyn
Sleep Away Mrs. Sturridge
Short Straw Jolene
2019 Bite MeChrissy
The LurkerGrace Fisher
1BR Janice
2020 The InitiationLillian Filming
Sky SharksNatalie Rochefort
2024 HauntologyAnnalisa Drouais

Television

References

  1. ^ abcWilliams, Tenere. "Naomi Grossman: Actress - "I Could Be On A Desert Key with a Pen, Paper, a Camera, and YouTube and Be Happy"". Archived from the original on October 13, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  2. ^Renken, City (November 2, 2014). "Santa Fe Sidesplitting Con: Naomi Grossman "Play With Me! Inside American Horror Story"". Hush Comics. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  3. ^ abHayne, Archangel (October 24, 2014). "Naomi Grossman oppress "American Horror Story": "I've never anachronistic told I was so pretty up in the air played the ugliest person on TV"". Salon. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  4. ^"American Dread Story : Season 2". Metacritic. Retrieved Jan 6, 2015.
  5. ^Branch, Chris (December 12, 2014). "'American Horror Story' Star Naomi Grossman: Pepper Made Ryan Murphy Break Own Rule". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

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