Karen Maruyama
Known for Acting · 81 credits
- Born
- 1958-05-29 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- U.S.A
Biography
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
TV Shows (57)
The Simpsons
1989
as Dancing Woman #1 (voice) / Japanese Stewardess (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Lisa Saito
Shameless
2011
as Dr. Ma
American Dad!
2005
as Kichiro (voice) / Woman (voice)
Better Call Saul
2015
as Judge Metcalf
King of the Hill
1997
as Buddhist (voice)
Columbo
1971
as Maid
Futurama
1999
as Amazonian (voice)
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Nurse Heather
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Female Parking Attendant
The King of Queens
1998
as Connie
Bosch
2015
as Wanda Williams
Arrested Development
2003
as China Garden
2 Broke Girls
2011
as Su-Min
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Madam Rose
Full House
1987
Hannah Montana
2006
as Dr. Yamada
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005
as Bureaucrat (voice) / Additional Voices (voice)
Good Luck Charlie
2010
as Coach Lutes
The Division
2001
Ellen
1994
as Kate
Caroline in the City
1995
as Actress
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Leopard (voice)
Shake It Up
2010
as Michi
Mad About You
1992
as O.R. Nurse
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
as Self
Raising Hope
2010
as Mrs. Hwong
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
as Kathy Walker
Viper
1994
as Police Operator
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
as Gloria
Young & Hungry
2014
as Lilly
Static Shock
2000
as Kim (voice)
Veronica's Closet
1997
as Event Official
Dead to Me
2019
as Marcy
The Proud Family
2001
as Additional Voices (voice) / Marsha Mitsubishi (voice) / Marsha Mitsubishi / Teens (voice)
Baskets
2016
as Ginny
Even Stevens
2000
as Millie
Justice League
2001
as Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice) / Tsukuri (voice)
Titus
2000
as Nurse Patty
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
as Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice) / Head Protestor (voice)
Dead End: Paranormal Park
2022
as Barborah (voice)
Garfunkel and Oates
2014
as Susie
Heavy Gear
2001
Strip Mall
2000
Cory in the House
2007
as Valerie
Suddenly Susan
1996
as Mrs. Fong
Heathers
2018
as Mrs. Finn
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
as Shao Lin (voice)
Unstable
2023
as Meredith
Kitchen Confidential
2005
as Fran
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
as Self
Snoops
1989
as Gail Nakamura
Wanda at Large
2003
Crash & Bernstein
2012
as Vice-Principal Takashi
Go-Go Boy Interrupted
2014
as Liz
Stacked
2005
One Big Happy
2015
as Minister
Movies (24)
Pulp Fiction
1994
as Gawker #1
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
The Bucket List
2007
as Nurse Shing
Ultraman: Rising
2024
as Oba-chan (voice)
The Campaign
2012
as Mrs. Yao
The American President
1995
as Leo's Secretary
Self Reliance
2024
as Lindsey
Life of the Party
2018
as Mediator
The Thirteenth Year
1999
as Mrs. Nelson
Dunston Checks In
1996
as Telephone Operator
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
as Tourist at Snake Farm
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
2021
as Caricature Artist
The Enigma with a Stigma
2006
as Cindy Wasser
Shake It Up: Made in Japan
2012
as Michi
Miss Valentine
2025
as Shelly Foster
It's a Wonderful Binge
2022
as Grandma
Sawbones
1995
as Polito
The Oracle
2026
A Little Italian Vacation
2021
as Ms. Polotzi
I'm Totally Fine
2022
as Sandra
Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous
1996
as Grandma
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
2023
as Renee Foreman
I Don't Care
as Joan
Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
2020
as Auntie Bobbie
About 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 Th… With 81 credits spanning from 1971 to 2026, Karen Maruyama has appeared in 24 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Karen Maruyama Movies
- Pulp Fiction (1994) — as Gawker #1
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) — as Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
- The Bucket List (2007) — as Nurse Shing
- Ultraman: Rising (2024) — as Oba-chan (voice)
- The Campaign (2012) — as Mrs. Yao
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