Naomi Jacobson
Naomi is delighted to return to Cincinnati Playhouse, where she played Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare In Love (2017) and Mrs. Meany in A Prayer for Owen Meany (2016). She is a Shakespeare Theatre Company Affiliated Artist and a Woolly Mammoth company member in Washington, DC. Theatre credits include Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, Arena Stage, Guthrie Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Signature & Studio Theatres, Center Stage, Theatre J, Olney Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Delaware Theatre Company, the Berkshire Theatre Festival, and Wolf Trap Opera. Naomi’s received three Helen Hayes Awards, 12 nominations, the Inaugural Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship, the Anderson-Hopkins Award for Excellence in Theatre, and a DC Arts Commission Individual Artist grant. Television credits include a few guest spots for Homicide (NBC), and indie films and shorts for American Film Institute and A&E. Voiceover work includes NPR, PBS, Discovery Channel, the Smithsonian, and she narrates recorded books. Naomi holds an International Federation of Coaches certification (Active Communication) and coaches professionals in acting, public speaking and presentations at theatres, universities, government agencies, corporations and privately. Visit naomijacobson.com and follow her on Instagram @naomijactive.