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.
2011 • TV
2011 • TV
2005 • TV
2018 • TV
2025 • Movie
2023 • Movie
as Marjorie
as Anna
as Janice
as Nurse Sheralyn
as Chrissy
as Patricia Brown
as Passenger Ava
as Grace Fisher
as Natalie Rochefort
as Mother
as Willow
as Cat
as Self
as Carrie
as Annalisa Drouais
as Kitt KO Jones
as Pepper
11 episodes
as Samantha Crowe
1 episodes
as Self - Restaurant Patron
1 episodes
as Dr. Amanda Johnson
1 episodes
as Rabid Ruth
1 episodes
as Janet
1 episodes
as Self - Guest Judge
1 episodes
as Self - Guest Judge
1 episodes
