Kimiko Elizabeth Glenn (born June 27, 1989) is an American actress,
singer, voice actress, and Broadway performer known for portraying
Brook Soso in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, for which
she received three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also originated the
role of Dawn Pinkett in the Broadway musical Waitress and has provided
the voices of Ezor in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Lena Sabrewing in
DuckTales, Peni Parker in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Stefani
Stilton in BoJack Horseman and Bridgette in Close Enough.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. Glenn began acting at the Valley Youth
Theatre in Phoenix and several other local theaters, when she was in
fifth grade.She was educated at Desert Vista High School and the
Interlochen Arts Academy boarding school in Interlochen, Michigan. 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.
singer, voice actress, and Broadway performer known for portraying
Brook Soso in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, for which
she received three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also originated the
role of Dawn Pinkett in the Broadway musical Waitress and has provided
the voices of Ezor in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Lena Sabrewing in
DuckTales, Peni Parker in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Stefani
Stilton in BoJack Horseman and Bridgette in Close Enough.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. Glenn began acting at the Valley Youth
Theatre in Phoenix and several other local theaters, when she was in
fifth grade.She was educated at Desert Vista High School and the
Interlochen Arts Academy boarding school in Interlochen, Michigan. 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.
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