Acting · U.S.A · Born May 29, 1958
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.
The Oracle
2026
MovieMiss Valentine
2025
as Shelly Foster
MovieUltraman: Rising
2024
as Oba-chan (voice)
MovieKung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
MovieSelf Reliance
2024
as Lindsey
MovieRE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
2023
as Renee Foreman
TVUnstable
2023
as Meredith
MovieIt's a Wonderful Binge
2022
as Grandma
MovieI'm Totally Fine
2022
as Sandra
TVDead End: Paranormal Park
2022
as Barborah (voice)
MovieBarb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
2021
as Caricature Artist
MovieA Little Italian Vacation
2021
as Ms. Polotzi
MovieLogan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
2020
as Auntie Bobbie
TVDead to Me
2019
as Marcy
TVHeathers
2018
as Mrs. Finn
MovieLife of the Party
2018
as Mediator
MoviePee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
as Tourist at Snake Farm
TVBaskets
2016
as Ginny
TVOne Big Happy
2015
as Minister
TVBetter Call Saul
2015
as Judge Metcalf
TVBosch
2015
as Wanda Williams
TVGo-Go Boy Interrupted
2014
as Liz
TVGarfunkel and Oates
2014
as Susie
TVYoung & Hungry
2014
as Lilly
TVCrash & Bernstein
2012
as Vice-Principal Takashi
MovieShake It Up: Made in Japan
2012
as Michi
MovieThe Campaign
2012
as Mrs. Yao
TV2 Broke Girls
2011
as Su-Min
TVShameless
2011
as Dr. Ma
TVShake It Up
2010
as Michi
TVRaising Hope
2010
as Mrs. Hwong
TVGood Luck Charlie
2010
as Coach Lutes
MovieThe Bucket List
2007
as Nurse Shing
TVCory in the House
2007
as Valerie
MovieThe Enigma with a Stigma
2006
as Cindy Wasser
TVHannah Montana
2006
as Dr. Yamada
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Nurse Heather
TVKitchen Confidential
2005
as Fran
TVStacked
2005
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Lisa Saito
TVAvatar: The Last Airbender
2005
as Bureaucrat (voice)
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Kichiro (voice)
TVArrested Development
2003
as China Garden
TVNip/Tuck
2003
as Madam Rose
TVSpider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
as Head Protestor (voice)
TVWanda at Large
2003
TVJustice League
2001
as Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice)
TVHeavy Gear
2001
TVThe Proud Family
2001
as Additional Voices (voice)
TVThe Division
2001
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Female Parking Attendant
TVStatic Shock
2000
as Kim (voice)
TVStrip Mall
2000
TVEven Stevens
2000
as Millie
TVTitus
2000
as Nurse Patty
MovieThe Thirteenth Year
1999
as Mrs. Nelson
TVFuturama
1999
as Amazonian (voice)
TVThe King of Queens
1998
as Connie
TVThe Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Leopard (voice)
TVWhose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
as Self
TVVeronica's Closet
1997
as Event Official
TVKing of the Hill
1997
as Buddhist (voice)
TVSuddenly Susan
1996
as Mrs. Fong
TVCaptain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
as Shao Lin (voice)
TVThe Jamie Foxx Show
1996
as Gloria
MovieRudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous
1996
as Grandma
MovieDunston Checks In
1996
as Telephone Operator
MovieThe American President
1995
as Leo's Secretary
TVCaroline in the City
1995
as Actress
MovieSawbones
1995
as Polito
MoviePulp Fiction
1994
as Gawker #1
TVEllen
1994
as Kate
TVViper
1994
as Police Operator
TVMad About You
1992
as O.R. Nurse
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Japanese Stewardess (voice)
TVSnoops
1989
as Gail Nakamura
TVDoogie Howser, M.D.
1989
as Kathy Walker
TVWhose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
as Self
TVFull House
1987
TVColumbo
1971
as Maid
I Don't Care
as Joan
