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Karen Maruyama

Karen Maruyama

Acting1958U.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.

Acting History

2025
Miss Valentine
as Shelly Foster
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Lisa Saito1 eps
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
Self Reliance
as Lindsey
Unstable
TVas Meredith1 eps
2022
Dead End: Paranormal Park
TVas Barborah (voice)7 eps
Better Call Saul
TVas Judge Metcalf1 eps
2021
2020
Dead to Me
TVas Marcy1 eps
Bosch
TVas Wanda Williams1 eps
2018
Heathers
TVas Mrs. Finn
2017
Baskets
TVas Ginny3 eps
2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Tourist at Snake Farm
2015
One Big Happy
TVas Minister
Young & Hungry
TVas Lilly1 eps
2014
Shameless
TVas Dr. Ma2 eps
2013
2 Broke Girls
TVas Su-Min1 eps
Good Luck Charlie
TVas Coach Lutes1 eps
Arrested Development
TVas China Garden3 eps
2012
Dog Fight
as Mrs. Yao
Crash & Bernstein
TVas Vice-Principal Takashi1 eps
Shake It Up
TVas Michi1 eps
2010
Raising Hope
TVas Mrs. Hwong1 eps
Hannah Montana
TVas Dr. Yamada1 eps
2008
Cory in the House
TVas Valerie1 eps
2007
The Bucket List
as Nurse Shing
American Dad!
TVas Woman (voice) / Kichiro (voice)1 eps
2006
Kitchen Confidential
TVas Fran1 eps
2005
Ghost Whisperer
TVas Nurse Heather3 eps
The King of Queens
TVas Connie1 eps
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TVas Additional Voices (voice) / Bureaucrat (voice)1 eps
2004
Nip/Tuck
TVas Madam Rose1 eps
2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
TVas Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice)1 eps
Columbo
TVas Maid1 eps
2002
Justice League
TVas Tsukuri (voice) / Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice)1 eps
2001
The Proud Family
TVas Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)1 eps
Futurama
TVas Amazonian (voice)1 eps
Even Stevens
TVas Millie1 eps
2000
Titus
TVas Nurse Patty1 eps
Static Shock
TVas Kim (voice)1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TVas Female Parking Attendant1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
TVas Leopard (voice)1 eps
King of the Hill
TVas Buddhist (voice)1 eps
1999
The Thirteenth Year
as Mrs. Nelson
The Jamie Foxx Show
TVas Gloria11 eps
1998
Suddenly Susan
TVas Mrs. Fong6 eps
Veronica's Closet
TVas Event Official1 eps
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TVas Self3 eps
1997
Caroline in the City
TVas Actress1 eps
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TVas Self4 eps
The Simpsons
TVas Japanese Stewardess (voice) / Dancing Woman #1 (voice)1 eps
1996
Dunston Checks In
as Telephone Operator
Mad About You
TVas O.R. Nurse1 eps
1995
Sawbones
as Polito
The American President
as Leo's Secretary
1994
Pulp Fiction
as Gawker #1
Ellen
TVas Kate1 eps
Viper
TVas Police Operator1 eps
1989
Snoops
TVas Gail Nakamura

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/29/1958(67 years old)
Place of Birth
U.S.A