Scott is currently best known for portraying Kimberly Hart in Power Rangers (2017) and Princess Jasmine in the live-action remake of Aladdin, which followed earlier roles in various television works.
Selected filmography:
- Lemonade Mouth (2011) as "Mo" Banjaree
- Terra Nova (2011) as Maddy Shannon
- Lewis (2015-2016) as Shaira Desai
- Power Rangers (2017) as Kimberly Hart/The Pink Ranger
- Aladdin (2019) as Princess Jasmine
- Charlies Angels (2019) as Elena Houghlin
Discography:
- Invisible Division (2014)
- Promises (2016)
Other:
- Soft Voice (2021) as Lydia
She provides examples of:
- Actor-Shared Background: Her mother is a Uganda-born Indian and her father is white and English. Her roles tend to reflect this as well, as she has been cast as characters with both Indian and Anglo names.
- Cast the Expert: She's a black belt in karate, making her adept at playing Action Girls in Power Rangers and Charlie's Angels.
- The Cast Show Off: Having previously released an EP and previously sung as part of a choir, she got the chance to show off her singing in Aladdin (2019), which added an "I Am" Song for Jasmine not in the original.
- Deleted Role: Most of her scenes in The Martian were deleted, making her a featured extra.
- Dyeing for Your Art: For Power Rangers (2017), Kimberly has a scene where she cuts her hair short in the school bathroom. Naomi did that for real on camera and ended up keeping the length because she liked it.
- Fake Nationality: In Lemonade Mouth and Power Rangers, she portrays American high school students and in Aladdin she portrays a royal of a Middle Eastern kingdom, albeit a fictional one that seems to include some very light Indian elements. Charlie's Angels (2019) also has her play the American Elena.
- Playing Against Type:
- After her string of Action Girl roles in blockbusters, it was different to see her in the Netflix series Anatomy of a Scandal, playing a parliamentary researcher who accuses a man of rape. Also using her own accent for a change.
- She also guest stars in the rom com series Modern Love Tokyo.
- Real Life Writes the Hairstyle: As noted above, she's had her hair at shoulder-length in most projects since the mid-2010s because she cut it for Power Rangers and liked the length.
- Star-Making Role: While Power Rangers (2017) was a box office disappointment, it was enough for Disney to cast her as Jasmine and put her on the map.
