Polani founded the singing group "HaTarnegolim" ("The Roosters") in 1960, in charge of musical and acting direction and choreography.

[6][9] Polani received the Moshe Halevi Theater Arts Prize from the Tel Aviv Municipality in 2001.

[12] In 2019, Education Minister Naftali Bennett informed Naomi Polani that she had won the Israel Prize for 5779 in the field of theater and dance: "Her rich cultural work has given us dozens of dance, theater and music works.

Naomi, who was one of the stars of the Palmach troupe during the War of Independence, is a true cultural warrior.

"[13] Naomi Polani was married to the singer and actor Lior Yenai, but they divorced in the 1970s.