Kimiko Glenn

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Kimiko Glenn
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Glenn at GalaxyCon San Jose in 2025
Born (1989-06-27) June 27, 1989 (age 36)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Other namesKIMIKO
Education Boston Conservatory
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2008–present

Kimiko Glenn (born June 27, 1989) [1] is an American actress and singer. She started her career on stage in the late 2000s, touring as Thea in the musical Spring Awakening from 2008 to 2010, and made her screen debut in 2012. From 2014 to 2019, Glenn starred as Brook Soso in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black , for which she received three consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards. She originated the role of Dawn Pinkett in the musical Waitress on Broadway in 2016.

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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), and the titular character in Baby Shark's Big Show! (2020–2025). For the latter, she earned a nomination at the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards.

Early life and education

Glenn was born 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. [2] [3] Glenn began acting at the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix and several other local theaters when she was in fifth grade. [4] She attended Desert Vista High School in Phoenix and the Interlochen Arts Academy boarding school in Interlochen, Michigan. [5] She is a 2007 YoungArts alumnus. [6] 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 . [4]

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 , [7] 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. [8]

Glenn played the supporting role of Liv Kurosawa in the drama-thriller film Nerve (2016), directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman [9] 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. [10]

In 2018, Glenn began starring as Harlow in the comedy Web television series Liza on Demand , with Travis Coles and creator Liza Koshy. [11] In 2019, she was a guest presenter with Nev Schulman on the MTV show Catfish . [12]

In 2021, Glenn provided the voice of Izzy Moonbow in the Netflix animated film My Little Pony: A New Generation . [13]

In 2023, Glenn began voicing Kiff Chatterley, the eponymous protagonist of the Disney Channel animated original series Kiff . [14]

In 2024, Glenn began voicing Niffty and Susan in Hazbin Hotel . [15]

Musical career

Glenn began releasing music under the stage name KIMIKO in July 2025. [16]

Glenn released her debut single "Oh Honey" on July 2, 2025. [17] Glenn released the single "Hang Out Forever?" on November 14, 2025. [18] The official music video was released the same day and the lyric video was released on November 21, 2025. [19] [20]

Personal life

Glenn is a pescatarian. [21] [22] In 2023, she spoke out on social media about unfair residuals during the SAG-AFTRA strike, revealing that she had only been paid $27.30 in royalties after appearing in 44 episodes of the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. [23]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Nous YorkSaleswoman
Galaxy ComicsTinaShort film
Hair Brained Perky Girl
2015ConstructionErin
2016 Nerve Liv Kurosawa [24]
2018 Like Father Geena
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Peni Parker (voice) [25] [26]
2019 Can You Keep a Secret? Gemma
2020 Over the Moon Auntie Mei, Lulu (voice) [26]
2021 My Little Pony: A New Generation Izzy Moonbow (voice) [27] [26]
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Peni Parker (voice)
Baby Shark's Big Movie! Baby Shark (voice) [26]
2027 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Peni Parker (voice)In production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Holding PatternsDaisy BergerUnsold NBC pilot
2014 Submissions Only Katie SummersEpisode: "Reason to Stay"
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Lily DengEpisode: "Thought Criminal"
Seriously DistractedKatieEpisode: "Nightmare Client"
2014–2019 Orange Is the New Black Brook Soso45 episodes
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2014–2016)
2015 Married Miranda4 episodes
Broad City CashierEpisode: "Kirk Steele"
2016–2019 BoJack Horseman Stefani Stilton (voice)8 episodes
2016 We Bare Bears Samantha (voice)Episode: "Fashion Bears"
High Maintenance KimikoEpisode: "Selfie"
2017 Sofia the First Cinder (voice)Episode: "The Royal Dragon"
2017–2021 DuckTales Lena Sabrewing (voice) [28] [26] Recurring role
2017–2018 Voltron: Legendary Defender General Ezor (voice)
2018 Drunk History Maya Lin Episode: "Underdogs"
Ice Poseidon Show Herself1 episode
The Guest Book NikkiSeries regular (season 2)
2018–2023 Summer Camp Island Margot (voice)16 episodes [26]
2018–2020 Elena of Avalor Tomiko (voice)2 episodes [26]
2019 Welcome to the Wayne Catherine Alice (voice)2 episodes [26]
Carmen Sandiego Paperstar (voice)Recurring role [26]
Catfish: The TV Show HerselfEpisode: "Matthew & Chance"
The Lion Guard Chuluun (voice), Lumba-Lumba (singing voice)7 episodes [26] [29]
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas KaraTelevision film
2020–2022 Close Enough Bridgette Hashima / Herself (voice)Series regular
2020–2025 Baby Shark's Big Show! Baby Shark (voice)English dub, main role [26]
2021 Centaurworld Horse (voice)Lead role; 18 episodes [30] [26]
Star Wars: Visions Lah Kara (voice)Short film: The Ninth Jedi: English language dub [31] [26]
Dogs in Space Nomi / Sophie (voice) [32] [26]
Beebo Saves Christmas Tweebo (voice)Television special [33] [26]
2022 Bubble Guppies Baby Shark (voice)Episode: "The Jaw-some Sharkventure!"
2023 The Goldbergs Lauren2 episodes
2023–present Kiff Kiff Chatterley (voice)Main role
Chibiverse
2024–present Hazbin Hotel Niffty, Susan (voice)Series regular [34]
2024 Krapopolis Makenzus (voice)Episode: "Salt"
Kiff's Animal KingdomKiff Chatterley (voice)Television special
The Legend of Vox Machina Young Ripley (voice)Episode: "Cloak and Dagger"
2025 Ishura Cuneigh the Wanderer (voice)English dub; main role [35]
Pokémon Horizons – The Search for Laqua Perrin (voice)English dub; 4 episodes
TBA Among Us Cyan (voice)Series regular [36]

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
2014"I Wanna Get Better" Bleachers

Theatre

YearTitleRoleLocation(s)
2008–2010 Spring Awakening TheaVarious (national tour)
2010–2011 Freckleface Strawberry Emily New World Stages
2012 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Yoshimi Yasukawa La Jolla Playhouse
2013 Love's Labour's Lost Lady Maria Delacorte Theater
2016 Waitress Dawn Pinkett Lena Horne Theatre

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018–2021 Liza on Demand HarlowMain role
2023How NOT to DrawKiff Chatterley (voice)Main role
Theme Song Takeover
2024Broken Karaoke
2025 Kiff: Road Trip

References

  1. ↑ "Horoscopes June 27, 2022: Tobey Maguire, maintain your course". June 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Robert G. Glenn (2007)". www.legacy.com.
  3. ↑ Stern, Marlow (June 18, 2014). "Orange Is the New Black's Kimiko Glenn on Hippie Brook Soso and Chapel Sex with Natasha Lyonne". The Daily Beast .
  4. 1 2 Langel, Kerry (June 19, 2014). "Arizona actor Kimiko Glenn in 'Orange Is the New Black'". The Arizona Republic .
  5. ↑ Gales, Arselia (April 11, 2012). "Ahwatukee native kicks off premiere of Valley Youth Theatre musical". Ahwatukee Foothills News .
  6. ↑ "Our History | 40 years for artists". YoungArts. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  7. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (August 21, 2013). "'Sleepy Hollow', 'We Are Men', 'Tomorrow People' & 'Orange' Add Recurring". Deadline Hollywood .
  8. ↑ Hope, Clover (June 13, 2014). "Orange Is the New Black's Kimiko Glenn Talks Brook Soso". Cosmopolitan . Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ Pedersen, Erik; N'Duka, Amanda (April 17, 2015). "'Married's Kimiko Glenn Joins 'Nerve'; Kino Lorber Acquires 'Gueros'". Deadline Hollywood .
  10. ↑ Cox, Gordon (January 12, 2016). "'Waitress' Musical Adds Kimiko Glenn of 'Orange is the New Black'". Variety .
  11. ↑ Meskhi, Megi (September 19, 2019). "Who Is Harlow On 'Liza On Demand'? Kimiko Glenn's Character Is Perfection". Elite Daily. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  12. ↑ Debler, Lance (July 24, 2019). "Matthew's Catfish May Have Been The Most 'Sophisticated, Convincing' Con Yet". MTV News. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  13. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 30, 2021). "Netflix's Animated 'My Little Pony' Movie Gets A Title And A Release Date; Voice Cast Revealed – Update". Deadline. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  14. ↑ Dar, Taimur (March 8, 2023). "INTERVIEW: Kimiko Glenn gets nutty in new Disney animated series KIFF". The Beat . Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Vivienne Medrano interview: 'Hazbin Hotel'". www.msn.com.
  16. ↑ "KIMIKO Official YouTube Channel". www.youtube.com.
  17. ↑ "Oh Honey - Single". music.apple.com.
  18. ↑ "Hang Out Forever? - Single". music.apple.com.
  19. ↑ "KIMIKO - Hang Out Forever? (Official Video)". www.youtube.com.
  20. ↑ "KIMIKO - Hang Out Forever? (Official Lyric Video)". www.youtube.com.
  21. ↑ "OITNB returns: Attitude meets Laura Prepon & Kimiko Glenn". Attitude. June 15, 2015. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  22. ↑ Wei, Christine (October 7, 2014). "Litchfield Lessons: OITNB's Kimiko Glenn On What She's Learned From Brook Soso". Mochi . Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  23. ↑ Nungesser, Samantha (July 19, 2023). "Orange Is The New Black star Kimiko Glenn blasts Netflix over pay". News.com.au. Decider. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  24. ↑ Pedersen, Erik; N'Duka, Amanda (April 18, 2015). "'Married's Kimiko Glenn Joins Nerve; Kino Lorber Acquires Gueros". Deadline. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  25. ↑ Freeman, Molly (July 21, 2018). "Into the Spider-Verse: Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Ham Confirmed". ScreenRant. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Kimiko Glenn (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 16, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  27. ↑ Verhoeven, Beatrice (June 30, 2021). "Vanessa Hudgens, James Marsden, Kimiko Glenn Cast in 'My Little Pony: A New Generation'". The Wrap. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  28. ↑ Thompson, Avery (September 28, 2017). "OITNB Star Kimiko Glenn Teases Her 'Mysterious' & 'Edgy' Character On DuckTales — Watch". Hollywood Life. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  29. ↑ "'The Lion Guard' Raids Broadway For Guest Voices On Disney Junior Toon". deadline.com. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  30. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (June 14, 2021). "Centaurworld: Netflix Drops First Trailer For Kids Series, Sets Release Date – Annecy". Deadline. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  31. ↑ "Stunning New Star Wars: Visions Trailer Debuts". StarWars.com. August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  32. ↑ Radulovic, Petrana (October 19, 2021). "Netflix's Dogs in Space dares to ask: What would dogs do in space?". Polygon. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  33. ↑ Agard, Chancellor (May 25, 2021). "Legends of Tomorrow breakout Beebo is getting an animated Christmas special on the CW". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  34. ↑ "Meet the Voice Cast of Hazbin Hotel". twinfinite.net. February 10, 2024.
  35. ↑ "Ishura S2 English Dub Credits". Imgur. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  36. ↑ Petski, Denise (March 27, 2024). "'Among Us': Dan Stevens, Liv Hewson & Kimiko Glenn Join Cast Of Animated Series Based On Game". Deadline. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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