Who is Naomi Nelson?
Naomi Nelson was born on 20 August 1980, in Tennessee, USA – she’s of mixed Asian and Caucasian ethnicity, and holds American nationality. She’s a director, producer and screenwriter, also known for being the wife of the comedian, actor and stunt performer, Johnny Knoxville.
Early life, family and education
Naomi was born to an Asian-American father, and a Caucasian mother – her father is a medical doctor, while her mother worked as a high school math teacher. She hasn’t spoken about having any siblings, thus it’s believed that she’s an only child.
Naomi has been fascinated by the art of filmmaking since her teenage years, and it was her dream to have a career in the film industry. She matriculated from a local high school in 1998, and then moved to Santa Barbara to study film at the University of California, from which she graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Marriage with Johnny Knoxville
Naomi has been married to the “Jackass” star, Johnny Knoxville, for more than 11 years now. The two started dating in 2008, and in December 2009 the couple welcomed their son, Rocko Akira Clapp.
Naomi and Johnny married in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, California in September the following year.
Their wedding attracted vast media’s attention, since Johnny was in the middle of promoting upcoming movie “Jackass 3D”. At the time, he was known for performing outlandish stunts, and was followed by rumors about substance abuse, with many people believing that his marriage wouldn’t last due to his personal issues, however, these rumors have been proven to be false. After he married Naomi, Johnny moved on from doing dangerous stunts, and instead focused on getting more movie roles. Although he loved his old work, he said ‘I met my now-wife, and I wanted to be a better person for her.’
After marrying Johnny, Naomi became the step mother of his daughter Madison, from his previous marriage with Melanie Lynn Cates. In 2011, Naomi gave birth to her and Johnny’s daughter, Arlo.
The family currently resides in Los Angeles; they haven’t made a lot of public appearances in the recent years, and seem to be living a peaceful life, away from the public eye.
Career in the film industry
In 2005, Naomi worked as an assistant to producers on all 12 episodes of the second season of the HBO series “Carnivale”, created by Daniel Knauf, and which starred Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau and Clancy Brown.
Naomi made her directorial debut in 2009, when she co-directed the animated documentary “Reel Grrls Productions”, along with Payton Curtis and Carmen Karnes. In the following year, she wrote, directed and edited a short documentary which explored the history of women getting voting rights in Washington State, entitled “Fifth Star”.
Since then, Naomi hasn’t been credited on any other projects, and it appears that she’s chosen to focus on her role as a mother instead.
Appearance, age and net worth
Naomi is 41 years old, with long brown hair and brown eyes; she’s 5ft 8ins (1.73m) tall, and weighs around 120lbs (55kgs).
As of December 2021, her net worth is estimated at more than $100,000.
Johnny Knoxville Wiki Bio
Philip John Clapp – aka Johnny Knoxville – was born in Knoxville, Tennessee USA, on 11 March 1971 – his zodiac sign is Aries, and he holds American nationality. He’s an actor, stunt performer, comedian and a director, probably known best for being the co-creator and one of the main stars of the infamous MTV reality stunt show “Jackass”.
Johnny grew up in Knoxville alongside his two younger sisters. He matriculated from a local high school 1989, and then moved to California to pursue acting opportunities. After a few years of appearing in commercials and making minor film and TV appearances, he began to pitch his own ideas to TV networks in hopes of creating a new and unique TV show. One of the ideas he had was to test self-defense equipment on himself, which captured the interest of the creative team of the skateboarding magazine “Big Brother”, who included some of his stunts in their videos.
In 2000, another skateboarding stunt crew, CKY, gained a cult following and attracted the attention of one of the “Big Brother” executives, Jeff Tremaine, who suggested that Johnny and the CKY crew should join forces to create a stunt and prank TV show.
The demo footage of the show was sent to various networks, and the popular comedy sketch series “Saturday Night Live” offered the crew a recurring segment on their show. However, they weren’t satisfied with the idea, as they wanted to have full creative control of the project, so they later signed a deal with MTV.
Soon thereafter, they were joined by Steve-O, Ehren McGhehey and Preston Lacy, forming the final “Jackass” cast. The show premiered on 1 October 2000 on MTV, and quickly captured a wide audience. Through the show’s run, Johnny was perceived as a de facto leader of the crew, and he was responsible for a lot of ideas featured on the show.
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In 2001, he announced that “Jackass” would be ending after its third season, revealing that he was unhappy with the amount of censorship inflicted by MTV, while also claiming that he and the rest of the crew were underpaid for their work. Despite its relatively short run, “Jackass” has become a cult classic, spawning six spin-off movies, several TV specials, a video game, and two dedicated documentaries.
Johnny has also appeared in numerous movies and TV series aside from “Jackass”, starting with “Men in Black II” (2002), in which he played a two-headed alien.
In 2005, he played the title role in the comedy drama “Daltry Calhoun”, written and directed by Katrina Holden Bronson, and played the role of an office worker pretending to be disabled to join the Special Olympics, in the comedy “The Ringer”. He had episodic voiceover roles in popular animated series “King of the Hill”, “SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Family Guy”. More recently, in 2020, he made an appearance in the Emmy-nominated Netflix special “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend”.
Johnny is 50 years old, with has short black hair and brown eyes; he’s 6ft (1.85m) tall, and weighs around 182lbs (82kgs).
As of December 2021, his net worth is estimated at more than $75 million.
