Naomi Snieckus

Naomi Snieckus is an actress, writer, improviser, voice-over artist, director, and teacher. She studied at University of Waterloo and then Ryerson Theatre School before moving to Vancouver for five years. With six CCA awards, an ACTRA and a Canadian Screen Awards nomination under her belt, she is no stranger to success. She is an alumni of The Second City Toronto, where she crashed the auditions, got a spot with the touring company, and went on to write and perform in five hit shows. Naomi is a founding member (along with her partner, Matt Baram) and co-artistic director of The National Theatre of the World (a five-time CCA winner). In 2010, Naomi won the CCA for Best Female Improviser. She has performed in theaters across Canada (from Canadian Stage in Toronto to The Arts Club in Vancouver) and has hosted the Doras two years in a row. Naomi film credits include the slasher horror Saw: The Final Chapter (2010), the indie film Two 4 One (2014) with Gavin Crawford (which won the Best Film Award at the Victoria Film Festival), and the feature comedy-drama Happily Ever After (2016) with Alex Kingston and Peter Firth. Naomi's TV credits include the TV movie I, Martin Short, Goes Home (2012) alongside Martin Short and Eugene Levy, CTV's Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001)" and The Listener (2009), CBC's Being Erica (2009) and Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007). Naomi is a talented voice actor as well, being heard on CBC Radio's "Canadia", on the cartoon "Franklin the Turtle", and the children's show Annedroids (2013). She launched a web series on CBC Punchline, with Matt Baram, called "Doing It with Brian and Darla". Her most notable role is as Bobbi Galka on CBC's Mr. D (2012) opposite Gerry Dee. Her work on the show has earned her a CSA nomination in 2015 and an ACTRA nomination in 2014.