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.
TV Shows(57)
Unstable
Meredith
2023
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Barborah (voice)
2022
Dead to Me
Marcy
2019
Heathers
Mrs. Finn
2018
Baskets
Ginny
2016
One Big Happy
Minister
2015
Better Call Saul
Judge Metcalf
2015
Bosch
Wanda Williams
2015
Go-Go Boy Interrupted
Liz
2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Susie
2014
Young & Hungry
Lilly
2014
Crash & Bernstein
Vice-Principal Takashi
2012
2 Broke Girls
Su-Min
2011
Shameless
Dr. Ma
2011
Shake It Up
Michi
2010
Raising Hope
Mrs. Hwong
2010
Good Luck Charlie
Coach Lutes
2010
Cory in the House
Valerie
2007
Hannah Montana
Dr. Yamada
2006
Ghost Whisperer
Nurse Heather
2005
Kitchen Confidential
Fran
2005
Stacked
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Lisa Saito
2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Bureaucrat (voice)
2005
American Dad!
Kichiro (voice)
2005
Arrested Development
China Garden
2003
Nip/Tuck
Madam Rose
2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice)
2003
Wanda at Large
2003
Justice League
Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice)
2001
Heavy Gear
2001
The Proud Family
Additional Voices (voice)
2001
The Division
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Female Parking Attendant
2000
Static Shock
Kim (voice)
2000
Strip Mall
2000
Even Stevens
Millie
2000
Titus
Nurse Patty
2000
Futurama
Amazonian (voice)
1999
Guys Like Us
1998
The King of Queens
Connie
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
Leopard (voice)
1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
1998
Veronica's Closet
Event Official
1997
King of the Hill
Buddhist (voice)
1997
Suddenly Susan
Mrs. Fong
1996
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Shao Lin (voice)
1996
The Jamie Foxx Show
Gloria
1996
Caroline in the City
Actress
1995
Ellen
Kate
1994
Viper
Police Operator
1994
Mad About You
O.R. Nurse
1992
The Simpsons
Dancing Woman #1 (voice)
1989
Snoops
Gail Nakamura
1989
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
1988
Full House
1987
Columbo
Maid
1971
Movies(23)
The Oracle
2026
Miss Valentine
Shelly Foster
2025
Ultraman: Rising
Oba-chan (voice)
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
2024
Self Reliance
Lindsey
2024
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
Renee Foreman
2023
It's a Wonderful Binge
Grandma
2022
I'm Totally Fine
Sandra
2022
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Caricature Artist
2021
A Little Italian Vacation
Ms. Polotzi
2021
Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
Auntie Bobbie
2020
Life of the Party
Mediator
2018
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Tourist at Snake Farm
2016
Shake It Up: Made in Japan
Michi
2012
The Campaign
Mrs. Yao
2012
The Bucket List
Nurse Shing
2007
The Enigma with a Stigma
Cindy Wasser
2006
The Thirteenth Year
Mrs. Nelson
1999
Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous
Grandma
1996
Dunston Checks In
Telephone Operator
1996
The American President
Leo's Secretary
1995
Sawbones
Polito
1995
Pulp Fiction
Gawker #1
1994