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My Take
Kimiko Glenn won me over as Brook Soso in Orange Is the New Black, a character who could have been pure irritation but became genuinely moving in her hands, earning those ensemble Screen Actors Guild Awards. What impresses me most is her range: originating Dawn in Broadway's Waitress, then quietly building one of the busiest voice-acting careers around. Performers her size often get boxed into quirky-sidekick roles, but she keeps finding the humanity inside the quirk. As a Phoenix kid who made it from Arizona to Broadway, she represents the versatile, hardworking actor the industry undervalues until suddenly she is everywhere. I always smile when her name shows up in the credits.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kimiko Glenn
- Name (Japanese)
- キミコ・グレン
- Reading
- きみこ・ぐれん
- Born
- June 27, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Snake
- Origin
- Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 157 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Desert Vista High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.