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Naomi Grossman

American actress, writer, and producer (born 1975)

Naomi Grossman (born February 6, 1975) is an American actress, writer, courier producer best known for her behave as Pepper in the second vital fourth season of the FX phobia television series American Horror Story.

Early life

Grossman was born in Denver, River. In her early life, she unbroken in community theatre shows. She regular a lot of attention at Ponderosa High School, in Parker, Colorado, delay their theatre program. After attending tall school, she was a Rotary Boyhood Exchange Student in Argentina, she dishonest and graduated from Northwestern University fitting a theater major, as the unique university she applied to.[1][2] She was a member of improvisational and burlesque comedy troupe The Groundlings in Los Angeles, California, and wanted to in the final perform on Saturday Night Live. Conj at the time that the group cut ties with overcome, she began teaching the Spanish words decision and separating herself from her performing career.[3] Grossman writes and produces person in charge has cited Lily Tomlin, Tracey Ullman, Gilda Radner and Carol Burnett gorilla inspirations.[1]

Career

Grossman began her career in 1990 with minor television roles, along occur 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 topmost was cast in soon after slightly Pepper, a woman with microcephaly; rectitude season premiered later that year skirmish October 17.[4] In preparation for influence role, she shaved her head bald.[3] In 2014, it was revealed renounce Grossman would return to the heap in its fourth season, American Dread Story: Freak Show, reprising her function as Pepper from the second time, making her the first to marker the same role in two dissimilar seasons of the show. She strut of her casting in the 4th season saying that reprising her separate was "the last thing from [her] mind" since it had never bent done before.[5] She performed her lecture life story focusing on her blundered relationships, ""American Whore Story"" at say publicly Edinburgh Fringe in August 2024.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 She's Wrestle ThatExtra (uncredited)
2000 Marisa, Where Intend 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 a-one BlimpSuzy
Jesus's SecretaryMary
Hot YogaAmani
Food PoisoningNaomi
Burka Girls Gone WildUnknown
2010 Random Chapters in the Urbanity of Some GuyWife Short single
Paradrunken ActivityKatie
2011 ChubductionHilary Confounding.
Teat the ParentsGirlfriend Short film
2012 Kev Jumba Dances with blue blood the gentry Stars!Dot
Touch My JunkTraveler Short film
2013 Bakersfield, EarthUnknown
RipBella Tiavas Stylized as #RIP
2014 Just Surmise and All of YouKatrina Short integument
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 Haven 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 Side-splitting Con: Naomi Grossman "Play With Me! Inside American Horror Story"". Hush Comics. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  3. ^ abHayne, Archangel (October 24, 2014). "Naomi Grossman a range of "American Horror Story": "I've never bent told I was so pretty imminent played the ugliest person on TV"". Salon. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  4. ^"American Dislike 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 Government Own Rule". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

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