Karen Maruyama
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
Credits
- 2024 · Kung Fu Panda 4 as Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
- 2024 · Self Reliance as Lindsey
- 2023 · RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary as Renee Foreman
- 2023 · Unstable as Meredith
- 2022 · It's a Wonderful Binge as Grandma
- 2022 · I'm Totally Fine as Sandra
- 2022 · Dead End: Paranormal Park as Barborah (voice)
- 2021 · Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar as Caricature Artist
- 2021 · A Little Italian Vacation as Ms. Polotzi
- 2020 · Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn as Auntie Bobbie
- 2019 · Dead to Me as Marcy
- 2018 · Heathers as Mrs. Finn
- 2018 · Life of the Party as Mediator
- 2016 · Pee-wee's Big Holiday as Tourist at Snake Farm
- 2016 · Baskets as Ginny
- 2015 · One Big Happy as Minister
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Judge Metcalf
- 2015 · Bosch as Wanda Williams
- 2014 · Go-Go Boy Interrupted as Liz
- 2014 · Garfunkel and Oates as Susie
- 2014 · Young & Hungry as Lilly
- 2012 · Crash & Bernstein as Vice-Principal Takashi
- 2012 · The Campaign as Mrs. Yao
- 2011 · 2 Broke Girls as Su-Min
- 2011 · Shameless as Dr. Ma
- 2010 · Shake It Up as Michi
- 2010 · Good Luck Charlie as Coach Lutes
- 2007 · The Bucket List as Nurse Shing
- 2007 · Cory in the House as Valerie
- 2006 · The Enigma with a Stigma as Cindy Wasser
- 2006 · Hannah Montana as Dr. Yamada
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Nurse Heather
- 2005 · Stacked as
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Bureaucrat (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Kichiro (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Woman (voice)
- 2003 · Arrested Development as China Garden
- 2003 · Nip/Tuck as
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice)
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Head Protestor (voice)
- 2003 · Wanda at Large as
- 2001 · Justice League as Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice)
- 2001 · Justice League as Tsukuri (voice)
- 2001 · Heavy Gear as
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Marsha Mitsubishi / Teens (voice)
- 2001 · The Division as
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Female Parking Attendant
- 2000 · Static Shock as Kim (voice)
- 2000 · Strip Mall as
- 2000 · Even Stevens as
- 2000 · Titus as
- 1999 · The Thirteenth Year as Mrs. Nelson
- 1999 · Futurama as Amazonian (voice)
- 1998 · Guys Like Us as
- 1998 · The King of Queens as Connie
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Leopard (voice)
- 1998 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
- 1997 · Veronica's Closet as Event Official
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Buddhist (voice)
- 1996 · Suddenly Susan as Mrs. Fong
- 1996 · Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys as Shao Lin (voice)
- 1996 · The Jamie Foxx Show as
- 1996 · Dunston Checks In as Telephone Operator
- 1995 · The American President as Leo's Secretary
- 1995 · Caroline in the City as Actress
- 1995 · Sawbones as Polito
- 1994 · Pulp Fiction as Gawker #1
- 1994 · Ellen as Kate
- 1994 · Viper as Police Operator
- 1992 · Mad About You as O.R. Nurse
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Dancing Woman #1 (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Japanese Stewardess (voice)
- 1989 · Snoops as Gail Nakamura
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Herself
- 1987 · Full House as
- 1971 · Columbo as Maid