Karen Maruyama
Actor
Born May 29, 1958 in U.S.A
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.
Filmography
Miss Valentine
Shelly Foster
Ultraman: Rising
Oba-chan (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
Self Reliance
Lindsey
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
Renee Foreman
Unstable
Meredith
It's a Wonderful Binge
Grandma
I'm Totally Fine
Sandra
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Barborah (voice)
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Caricature Artist
A Little Italian Vacation
Ms. Polotzi
Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
Auntie Bobbie
Dead to Me
Marcy
Heathers
Mrs. Finn
Life of the Party
Mediator
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Tourist at Snake Farm
Baskets
Ginny
One Big Happy
Minister
Better Call Saul
Judge Metcalf
Bosch
Wanda Williams
Go-Go Boy Interrupted
Liz
Garfunkel and Oates
Susie
Young & Hungry
Lilly
Crash & Bernstein
Vice-Principal Takashi
Shake It Up: Made in Japan
Michi
The Campaign
Mrs. Yao
2 Broke Girls
Su-Min
Shameless
Dr. Ma
Shake It Up
Michi
Raising Hope
Mrs. Hwong
Good Luck Charlie
Coach Lutes
The Bucket List
Nurse Shing
Cory in the House
Valerie
The Enigma with a Stigma
Cindy Wasser
Hannah Montana
Dr. Yamada
Ghost Whisperer
Nurse Heather
Kitchen Confidential
Fran
Stacked
Grey's Anatomy
Lisa Saito
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Bureaucrat (voice)
American Dad!
Kichiro (voice)
Arrested Development
China Garden
Nip/Tuck
Madam Rose
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice)
Wanda at Large
Justice League
Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice)
Heavy Gear
The Proud Family
Additional Voices (voice)
The Division
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Female Parking Attendant
Static Shock
Kim (voice)
Strip Mall
Even Stevens
Millie
Titus
Nurse Patty
The Thirteenth Year
Mrs. Nelson
Futurama
Amazonian (voice)
The King of Queens
Connie
The Wild Thornberrys
Leopard (voice)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
Veronica's Closet
Event Official
King of the Hill
Buddhist (voice)
Suddenly Susan
Mrs. Fong
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Shao Lin (voice)
The Jamie Foxx Show
Gloria
Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous
Grandma
Dunston Checks In
Telephone Operator
The American President
Leo's Secretary
Caroline in the City
Actress
Sawbones
Polito
Pulp Fiction
Gawker #1
Ellen
Kate
Viper
Police Operator
Mad About You
O.R. Nurse
The Simpsons
Dancing Woman #1 (voice)
Snoops
Gail Nakamura
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Kathy Walker
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
Full House
Columbo
Maid