Naomi McDougall Jones

Naomi McDougall Jones

Actress, Writer, Producer
Nine Lives Pictures

Full Bio
Naomi McDougall Jones is a New York City-based actress, writer and producer

IMAGINE IM BEAUTIFUL, a feature film Naomi wrote, co-produced, and acted in picked up 11 awards on the film festival circuit in Spring of 2014, including 3 Best Actress and a Best Screenplay Award for Naomi. It is now being released theatrically and digitally by Candy Factory Distribution.
www.ImagineImBeautiful.com.

Naomi grew up in Aspen, Colorado before attending Cornell University and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Acting credits include: THEATER: The Mire and With Aaron's Arms Around Me (The Cherry Lane), The Crucible (Manhattan Theatre Source), May-December with the Nose and Clammy (FRINGENYC) - TV: Boardwalk Empire, The World's Astonishing News - FILM: Under Her Skin, Blood Moon, Come Home Raquel, Out of Focus, 79 Parts. For her complete acting resume as well as reel and reviews of her work, visit www.naomimcdougalljones.com

As a writer, she has had 7 plays produced in New York City and elsewhere in the country and is the recipient of Theater Masters Aspiring Playwrights Award, adjudicated the year she won by Christopher Durang. Her first screenplay, IMAGINE IM BEAUTIFUL (www.imagineimbeautiful.com). She is currently at work on her second screenplay, a vampire romantic comedy, that can be described as Like Crazy meets Notting Hill meets True Blood.

As an independent theater producer, Naomi has produced a large number of shows in New York and Colorado, including Beirut (Manhattan Repertory Theatre), The Crucible (Manhattan Theatre Source), 36:24:36 (FRINGENYC, The Gene Frankel Theatre, and numerous other productions), The Threadbare Sex (Manhattan Theatre Source), and currently serves as the Associate Artistic Director and Managing Director for Theater Masters (www.theatermasters.org). Together with Caitlin Gold, she co-founded the film production company, Nine Lives Pictures, which produced IMAGINE IM BEAUTIFUL as its first feature film and has a slate of upcoming projects in production/development. More at www.ninelivespictures.com

Industry Awards
Best Actress, New York City International Film Festival (Imagine I'm Beautiful)

Best Performance in a Leading Role, Arizona International Film Festival (Imagine I'm Beautiful)

Best Actress, RxSM (Imagine I'm Beautiful)

The Don Award for Best Independently Produced Screenplay of 2014 (Imagine I'm Beautiful)
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