Naomi Grossman
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.
Acting
TV
American Horror Story
as Pepper
2011
TV
American Horror Story
as Samantha Crowe
2011
TV
American Horror Stories
as Rabid Ruth
2021
TV
Good Girls
as Dr. Amanda Johnson
2018
Movie
1BR
as Janice
2019
Movie
HIM
as Marjorie
2025
TV
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
TV
Obliterated
as Janet
2023
Movie
Fear, Inc.
as Cat
2016
Movie
Sky Sharks
as Natalie Rochefort
2020
TV
Halloween Wars
as Self - Guest Judge
2011
Movie
Painkillers
as Nurse Sheralyn
2019
Movie
Hauntology
as Annalisa Drouais
2024
Movie
The Chair
as Mother
2016
Movie
An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)
as Carrie
2017
Movie
Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible
as Self
2020
Movie
Bite Me
as Chrissy
2019
Movie
The Allnighter
as Passenger Ava
2022
Movie
The Lurker
as Grace Fisher
2019
Movie
Murder RX
2020
Movie
Pet Investigators
as Patricia Brown
2025
Movie
Murder Motel
as Anna
2023
Movie
Oblivious
as Willow
2023
TV
Painted with Raven
as Self - Guest Judge
2021