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