An experienced American actress, singer, and Broadway performer, Kimiko Glenn. She gained notoriety as Brook Soso in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. She made her stage debut as Thea in the first U.S. national tour of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s rock opera Spring Awakening during her first year of college in 2008.
Kimiko achieved success in 2013 with the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black as prisoner Brook Soso from Litchfield Penitentiary. In 2014, 2015, and 2016, she even took home a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series. In 2014, she had an appearance in the “I Wanna Get Better” music video for Jack Antonoff’s solo project, Bleachers, which was directed by Lena Dunham.
Similar to this, she portrayed Liv Kurosawa’s supporting character in the 2016 drama-thriller Nerve. It was based on the same-named young adult novel and was directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Similarly, in the Broadway musical Waitress in 2016, she portrayed Dawn Pinkett Smith. In the Broadway adaptation of Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s musical Waitress, she portrayed Dawn Pinkett Smith.
Additionally, her preview performances started on March 25, 2016, and the show debuted on April 24, 2016, both at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. She debuted as Harlow in the comic Web series Liza on Demand in 2018, which Travis Coles and Liza Koshy co-created.
Even Ezor from Voltron: Legendary Defender, Lena Sabrewing from DuckTales, and Parker from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse have used her voice. In 2019, she made many television appearances, including those in the episodes of Welcome to the “Wayne,” “Carmen Sandiego,” “Catfish: The TV Show,” “Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas,” and “The Lion Guard.”
She will voice the recurring role of Lena Sabrewing in the DuckTales television series from 2017 through 2020. Kimiko also provides the voice for Tomiko in the Elena of Avalor television series. She plays Harlow in Liza on Demand, which is her other ongoing program.
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