Kimiko Glenn

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Summary

Kimiko Glenn is an actor and singer known for Orange Is the New Black, Broadway’s Waitress, and voice roles in BoJack Horseman and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In interviews, she has described Asian actors as underrepresented and called for more roles where Asian American characters can lead stories that are not centered on ethnicity; she has also said casting people of color and people with disabilities matters so audiences can see themselves on screen. In a 2022 TIME essay, she wrote about growing up black and Japanese American, racism, and affirmative action. Glenn has publicly identified as pansexual; no public partisan campaigning or political affiliations are on record.