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Karen Maruyama
0.7 Popularity
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
10.0
Shelly Foster
Miss Valentine
2025
7.0
Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
5.9
Lindsey
Self Reliance
2024
7.0
Renee Foreman
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
2023
6.9
Meredith
Unstable
2023
4.9
Grandma
It's a Wonderful Binge
2022
6.3
Sandra
I'm Totally Fine
2022
7.3
Barborah (voice)
Dead End: Paranormal Park
2022
6.0
Caricature Artist
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
2021
7.0
Ms. Polotzi
A Little Italian Vacation
2021
Credits
Miss Valentine
as Shelly Foster
2025
10.0
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
2024
7.0
Self Reliance
as Lindsey
2024
5.9
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
as Renee Foreman
2023
7.0
Unstable
as Meredith
2023
6.9
It's a Wonderful Binge
as Grandma
2022
4.9
I'm Totally Fine
as Sandra
2022
6.3
Dead End: Paranormal Park
as Barborah (voice)
2022
7.3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
as Caricature Artist
2021
6.0
A Little Italian Vacation
as Ms. Polotzi
2021
7.0
Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
as Auntie Bobbie
2020
5.3
Dead to Me
as Marcy
2019
7.3
Heathers
as Mrs. Finn
2018
6.5
Life of the Party
as Mediator
2018
6.1
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Tourist at Snake Farm
2016
6.1
Baskets
as Ginny
2016
6.9
One Big Happy
as Minister
2015
5.6
Better Call Saul
as Judge Metcalf
2015
8.7
Bosch
as Wanda Williams
2015
7.9
Go-Go Boy Interrupted
as Liz
2014
3.3
Garfunkel and Oates
as Susie
2014
6.9
Young & Hungry
as Lilly
2014
6.7
Crash & Bernstein
as Vice-Principal Takashi
2012
7.9
The Campaign
as Mrs. Yao
2012
5.8
2 Broke Girls
as Su-Min
2011
7.2
Shameless
as Dr. Ma
2011
8.2
Shake It Up
as Michi
2010
7.6
Raising Hope
as Mrs. Hwong
2010
7.4
Good Luck Charlie
as Coach Lutes
2010
7.9
The Bucket List
as Nurse Shing
2007
7.2
Cory in the House
as Valerie
2007
6.8
The Enigma with a Stigma
as Cindy Wasser
2006
1.0
Hannah Montana
as Dr. Yamada
2006
7.1
Ghost Whisperer
as Nurse Heather
2005
8.1
Kitchen Confidential
as Fran
2005
6.7
Stacked
2005
7.0
Grey's Anatomy
as Lisa Saito
2005
8.2
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Bureaucrat (voice)
2005
8.8
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Additional Voices (voice)
2005
8.8
American Dad!
as Kichiro (voice)
2005
7.0
American Dad!
as Woman (voice)
2005
7.0
Arrested Development
as China Garden
2003
7.9
Nip/Tuck
as Madam Rose
2003
7.2
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Head Protestor (voice)
2003
7.2
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice)
2003
7.2
Wanda at Large
2003
7.2
Justice League
as Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice)
2001
8.2
Justice League
as Tsukuri (voice)
2001
8.2
Heavy Gear
2001
7.5
The Proud Family
as Additional Voices (voice)
2001
7.7
The Proud Family
as Marsha Mitsubishi / Teens (voice)
2001
7.7
The Proud Family
as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
2001
7.7
The Division
2001
7.1
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Female Parking Attendant
2000
8.0
Static Shock
as Kim (voice)
2000
8.1
Strip Mall
2000
2.3
Even Stevens
as Millie
2000
7.0
Titus
as Nurse Patty
2000
6.9
The Thirteenth Year
as Mrs. Nelson
1999
6.6
Futurama
as Amazonian (voice)
1999
8.4
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Guys Like Us
1998
3.0
The King of Queens
as Connie
1998
7.1
The Wild Thornberrys
as Leopard (voice)
1998
7.0
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
1998
7.8
Veronica's Closet
as Event Official
1997
5.2
King of the Hill
as Buddhist (voice)
1997
7.4
Suddenly Susan
as Mrs. Fong
1996
5.8
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
as Shao Lin (voice)
1996
6.6
The Jamie Foxx Show
as Gloria
1996
6.9
Dunston Checks In
as Telephone Operator
1996
5.4
The American President
as Leo's Secretary
1995
6.5
Caroline in the City
as Actress
1995
6.4
Sawbones
as Polito
1995
4.0
Pulp Fiction
as Gawker #1
1994
8.5
Ellen
as Kate
1994
6.1
Viper
as Police Operator
1994
6.1
Mad About You
as O.R. Nurse
1992
6.7
The Simpsons
as Japanese Stewardess (voice)
1989
8.0
The Simpsons
as Dancing Woman #1 (voice)
1989
8.0
Snoops
as Gail Nakamura
1989
5.0
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Herself
1988
7.6
Full House
1987
7.6
Columbo
as Maid
1971
8.1