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