Karen Maruyama
Acting
Karen Maruyama is an American actress and comedienne. She has appeared on television in supporting roles in a number of sitcoms, including recurring characters on The Jamie Foxx Show, Strip Mall, Suddenly Susan, and Arrested Development. Maruyama is well known as an improv performer and instructor, and was a featured guest on both the American and British versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as well as a member of The Groundlings. She also appeared as a parking lot attendant in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. She also played a nurse in The Bucket List (2007) and a housekeeper in the 2012 film The Campaign. She is part of the cast of The Jim Henson Company's live stage show "Puppet Up! - Uncensored" which has toured to Aspen, Las Vegas, Edinburgh, Sydney and Melbourne and is currently appearing monthly at Avalon Hollywood. In 2013, on the serie 2 Broke Girls (third season, seventh episode), she appears how Han's mother, under the name Su-Min. Karen was also featured as a fashion victim in an episode of the makeover show How Do I Look?. She also appeared as a non-celebrity contestant on the 1984 CBS game show, Body Language, under the name Karen Upshaw, saying she was from Perris, California. She was paired with celebrity players Ted Lange and Constance Towers. She was also on The New $25,000 Pyramid in 1983 with Audrey Landers and Michael McKean.
Known for
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movieMiss Valentine
2025
Shelly Foster
movieUltraman: Rising
2024
Oba-chan (voice)
movieKung Fu Panda 4
2024
Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
movieSelf Reliance
2024
Lindsey
movieRE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
2023
Renee Foreman
tvUnstable
2023
Meredith
tvDead End: Paranormal Park
2022
Barborah (voice)
movieBarb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
2021
Caricature Artist
movieA Little Italian Vacation
2021
Ms. Polotzi
movieLogan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
2020
Auntie Bobbie
tvDead to Me
2019
Marcy
tvHeathers
2018
Mrs. Finn
movieLife of the Party
2018
Mediator
moviePee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
Tourist at Snake Farm
tvBaskets
2016
Ginny
tvOne Big Happy
2015
Minister
tvBetter Call Saul
2015
Judge Metcalf
tvBosch
2015
Wanda Williams
tvYoung & Hungry
2014
Lilly
tvCrash & Bernstein
2012
Vice-Principal Takashi
movieThe Campaign
2012
Mrs. Yao
tv2 Broke Girls
2011
Su-Min
tvShameless
2011
Dr. Ma
tvShake It Up
2010
Michi
tvRaising Hope
2010
Mrs. Hwong
tvGood Luck Charlie
2010
Coach Lutes
movieThe Bucket List
2007
Nurse Shing
tvCory in the House
2007
Valerie
movieThe Enigma with a Stigma
2006
Cindy Wasser
tvHannah Montana
2006
Dr. Yamada
tvGhost Whisperer
2005
Nurse Heather
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005
Lisa Saito
tvAvatar: The Last Airbender
2005
Bureaucrat (voice) / Additional Voices (voice)
tvAmerican Dad!
2005
Kichiro (voice) / Woman (voice)
tvArrested Development
2003
China Garden
tvNip/Tuck
2003
Madam Rose
tvSpider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice) / Head Protestor (voice)
tvJustice League
2001
Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice) / Tsukuri (voice)
tvThe Proud Family
2001
Additional Voices (voice) / Marsha Mitsubishi (voice) / Marsha Mitsubishi / Teens (voice)
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Female Parking Attendant
tvStatic Shock
2000
Kim (voice)
tvEven Stevens
2000
Millie
tvTitus
2000
Nurse Patty
movieThe Thirteenth Year
1999
Mrs. Nelson
tvFuturama
1999
Amazonian (voice)
tvThe King of Queens
1998
Connie
tvThe Wild Thornberrys
1998
Leopard (voice)
tvVeronica's Closet
1997
Event Official
tvKing of the Hill
1997
Buddhist (voice)
tvSuddenly Susan
1996
Mrs. Fong
tvCaptain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
Shao Lin (voice)
movieDunston Checks In
1996
Telephone Operator
movieThe American President
1995
Leo's Secretary
tvCaroline in the City
1995
Actress
movieSawbones
1995
Polito
moviePulp Fiction
1994
Gawker #1
tvEllen
1994
Kate
tvViper
1994
Police Operator
tvMad About You
1992
O.R. Nurse
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Dancing Woman #1 (voice) / Japanese Stewardess (voice)
tvSnoops
1989
Gail Nakamura
tvDoogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Kathy Walker
tvColumbo
1971
Maid