Kimiko Glenn (born June 27, 1989) is an American actress and singer, best known in a live action role for portraying Brook Soso in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black (2014–2019), for which she received three ensemble Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also originated the role of Dawn Pinkett in the Broadway musical Waitress. Glenn concurrently acted in the thriller film Nerve (2016) and voiced Peni Parker in the animated Spider-Verse trilogy (2018–present). She has also voiced roles in a number of other animated media, including the film Over the Moon (2020) and television projects such as DuckTales (2017–2021), Voltron: Legendary Defender (2017–2018), Summer Camp Island (2018–2023), Kiff (2023–present), Hazbin Hotel (2024–present), and Among Us (2026).
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Early life and education
Kimiko Glenn was born on June 27, 1989, and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, with her sister, Amanda. Her mother, Sumiko, is Japanese, and her father, Mark, is of Scottish, Irish, and German descent. Glenn began acting at the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix and several other local theaters when she was in fifth grade. She attended Desert Vista High School in Phoenix and the Interlochen Arts Academy boarding school in Interlochen, Michigan. She is a 2007 YoungArts alumnus. She attended the Boston Conservatory for a year as a musical theatre major, but dropped out when she was cast in the touring company of Spring Awakening.
Career
Acting career
During her freshman year of college, in 2008, Glenn was cast as Thea in the first U.S. national tour of Steven Sater's and Duncan Sheik's rock musical Spring Awakening. In 2013, she booked her breakthrough role as Litchfield Penitentiary inmate Brook Soso in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black, for which she received Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2014, 2015, and 2016 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
In 2014, Glenn appeared in the Lena Dunham-directed music video "I Wanna Get Better" for Jack Antonoff's solo project Bleachers.
Glenn played the supporting role of Liv Kurosawa in the drama-thriller film Nerve (2016), directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and based on the young adult novel of the same name. In 2016, she was cast as Dawn Pinkett in the Broadway transfer production of the musical Waitress. The show began preview performances on March 25, 2016, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, and officially opened on April 24.
In 2018, Glenn began starring as Harlow in the comedy Web television series Liza on Demand, with Travis Coles and creator Liza Koshy. In 2019, she was a guest presenter with Nev Schulman on the MTV show Catfish.
In 2021, Glenn provided the voice of Izzy Moonbow in the Netflix animated film My Little Pony: A New Generation.
In 2023, Glenn began voicing Kiff Chatterley, the eponymous protagonist of the Disney Channel animated original series Kiff.
In 2024, Glenn began voicing Niffty and Susan in Hazbin Hotel.
Musical career
Glenn began releasing music under the stage name KIMIKO in July 2025.
Glenn released her debut single "Oh Honey" on July 2, 2025.
Glenn released the single "Hang Out Forever?" on November 14, 2025. The official music video was released the same day and the lyric video was released on November 21, 2025.
Personal life
Glenn is a pescatarian. In 2023, she spoke out on social media about unfair residuals during the SAG-AFTRA strike, revealing that she had been paid only $27.30 in royalties after appearing in 44 episodes of the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.
