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.
Pulp Fiction
(Gawker #1)
Sawbones
(Polito)
The Campaign
(Mrs. Yao)
Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
(Auntie Bobbie)
It's a Wonderful Binge
(Grandma)
Self Reliance
(Lindsey)
Kung Fu Panda 4
(Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice))
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
(Renee Foreman)
The Bucket List
(Nurse Shing)
The Thirteenth Year
(Mrs. Nelson)
The Enigma with a Stigma
(Cindy Wasser)
Life of the Party
(Mediator)
Dunston Checks In
(Telephone Operator)
The American President
(Leo's Secretary)
I'm Totally Fine
(Sandra)
A Little Italian Vacation
(Ms. Polotzi)
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
(Caricature Artist)
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
(Tourist at Snake Farm)
Titus
American Dad!
(Kichiro (voice))
Static Shock
(Kim (voice))
Ghost Whisperer
(Nurse Heather)
The Division
King of the Hill
(Buddhist (voice))
The Jamie Foxx Show
Even Stevens
Nip/Tuck
Strip Mall
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
(Shao Lin (voice))
Full House
Stacked
Guys Like Us
Wanda at Large
Heavy Gear
Viper
(Police Operator)
Dead End: Paranormal Park
(Barborah (voice))
Justice League
(Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice))
Justice League
(Tsukuri (voice))
The Wild Thornberrys
(Leopard (voice))
2 Broke Girls
(Su-Min)
Mad About You
(O.R. Nurse)
Young & Hungry
(Lilly)
American Dad!
(Woman (voice))
Curb Your Enthusiasm
(Female Parking Attendant)
One Big Happy
(Minister)
Columbo
(Maid)
Bosch
(Wanda Williams)
Better Call Saul
(Judge Metcalf)
Futurama
(Amazonian (voice))
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
(Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice))
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
(Head Protestor (voice))
Crash & Bernstein
(Vice-Principal Takashi)
The Proud Family
(Additional Voices (voice))
The Proud Family
(Marsha Mitsubishi (voice))
The Proud Family
(Marsha Mitsubishi / Teens (voice))
Avatar: The Last Airbender
(Bureaucrat (voice))
Hannah Montana
(Dr. Yamada)
The King of Queens
(Connie)
Arrested Development
(China Garden)
Dead to Me
(Marcy)
Cory in the House
(Valerie)
Heathers
(Mrs. Finn)
Good Luck Charlie
(Coach Lutes)
Ellen
(Kate)
Unstable
(Meredith)
Suddenly Susan
(Mrs. Fong)
Garfunkel and Oates
(Susie)
Caroline in the City
(Actress)
Shake It Up
(Michi)
Go-Go Boy Interrupted
(Liz)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
(Herself)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
(Self)
Veronica's Closet
(Event Official)
The Simpsons
(Dancing Woman #1 (voice))
The Simpsons
(Japanese Stewardess (voice))
Shameless
(Dr. Ma)
Baskets
(Ginny)