Karen Maruyama
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Grey's Anatomy
Lisa Saito
2005
Series
The Simpsons
Japanese Stewardess (voice)
1989
Series
The Simpsons
Dancing Woman #1 (voice)
1989
Series
Shameless
Dr. Ma
2011
Series
American Dad!
Kichiro (voice)
2005
Series
American Dad!
Woman (voice)
2005
Series
Futurama
Amazonian (voice)
1999
Series
King of the Hill
Buddhist (voice)
1997
Series
Columbo
Maid
1971
Series
Better Call Saul
Judge Metcalf
2015
Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Female Parking Attendant
2000
Series
Ghost Whisperer
Nurse Heather
2005
Series
Bosch
Wanda Williams
2015
Series
Arrested Development
China Garden
2003
Series
The King of Queens
Connie
1998
Series
Full House
1987
Series
2 Broke Girls
Su-Min
2011
Series
Nip/Tuck
Madam Rose
2003
Series
Hannah Montana
Dr. Yamada
2006
Series
Mad About You
O.R. Nurse
1992
Film
Pulp Fiction
Gawker #1
1994
Series
The Division
2001
Series
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Bureaucrat (voice)
2005
Series
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Additional Voices (voice)
2005
Series
Good Luck Charlie
Coach Lutes
2010
Series
Raising Hope
Mrs. Hwong
2010
Series
Ellen
Kate
1994
Series
The Wild Thornberrys
Leopard (voice)
1998
Series
The Jamie Foxx Show
Gloria
1996
Film
Kung Fu Panda 4
Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
2024
Series
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Kathy Walker
1989
Series
Caroline in the City
Actress
1995
Series
Dead to Me
Marcy
2019
Series
Shake It Up
Michi
2010
Series
Even Stevens
Millie
2000
Series
Viper
Police Operator
1994
Series
Static Shock
Kim (voice)
2000
Series
The Proud Family
Additional Voices (voice)
2001
Series
The Proud Family
Marsha Mitsubishi / Teens (voice)
2001
Series
The Proud Family
Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
2001
Series
Justice League
Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice)
2001
Series
Justice League
Tsukuri (voice)
2001
Series
Young & Hungry
Lilly
2014
Series
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
1998
Series
Veronica's Closet
Event Official
1997
Series
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Barborah (voice)
2022
Series
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Head Protestor (voice)
2003
Series
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice)
2003
Series
Baskets
Ginny
2016
Series
Titus
Nurse Patty
2000
Series
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
1988
Series
Cory in the House
Valerie
2007
Film
The Bucket List
Nurse Shing
2007
Series
Unstable
Meredith
2023
Series
Suddenly Susan
Mrs. Fong
1996
Film
Self Reliance
Lindsey
2024
Series
Heathers
Mrs. Finn
2018
Series
Kitchen Confidential
Fran
2005
Film
Ultraman: Rising
Oba-chan (voice)
2024
Series
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Shao Lin (voice)
1996
Series
Crash & Bernstein
Vice-Principal Takashi
2012
Film
Life of the Party
Mediator
2018
Series
Garfunkel and Oates
Susie
2014
Series
Snoops
Gail Nakamura
1989
Film
The American President
Leo's Secretary
1995
Film
The Campaign
Mrs. Yao
2012
Series
Heavy Gear
2001
Series
Stacked
2005
Film
The Thirteenth Year
Mrs. Nelson
1999
Series
Strip Mall
2000
Film
Dunston Checks In
Telephone Operator
1996
Series
Wanda at Large
2003
Series
Go-Go Boy Interrupted
Liz
2014
Film
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Caricature Artist
2021
Series
One Big Happy
Minister
2015
Film
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Tourist at Snake Farm
2016
Film
Sawbones
Polito
1995
Film
It's a Wonderful Binge
Grandma
2022
The Oracle
2026
Film
I'm Totally Fine
Sandra
2022
Film
Shake It Up: Made in Japan
Michi
2012
Film
Miss Valentine
Shelly Foster
2025
Film
Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous
Grandma
1996
Film
Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
Auntie Bobbie
2020
I Don't Care
Joan
Film
The Enigma with a Stigma
Cindy Wasser
2006
Film
A Little Italian Vacation
Ms. Polotzi
2021
Film
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
Renee Foreman
2023