
Karen Maruyama
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.
Born: May 29, 1958 · U.S.A
Filmography (69)

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024

Self Reliance
2024

Unstable
2023

It's a Wonderful Binge
2022

I'm Totally Fine
2022

Dead End: Paranormal Park
2022

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
2021

A Little Italian Vacation
2021

Dead to Me
2019

Heathers
2018

Life of the Party
2018

Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016

Baskets
2016

One Big Happy
2015

Better Call Saul
2015

Bosch
2015

Garfunkel and Oates
2014

Young & Hungry
2014

Crash & Bernstein
2012

The Campaign
2012

2 Broke Girls
2011

Shameless
2011

Shake It Up
2010

Raising Hope
2010

Good Luck Charlie
2010

The Bucket List
2007

Cory in the House
2007

Hannah Montana
2006

Ghost Whisperer
2005

Kitchen Confidential
2005

Stacked
2005

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005

American Dad!
2005

Arrested Development
2003

Nip/Tuck
2003

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003

Wanda at Large
2003

Justice League
2001

Heavy Gear
2001

The Proud Family
2001

The Division
2001

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000

Static Shock
2000

Strip Mall
2000

Even Stevens
2000

Titus
2000

The Thirteenth Year
1999

Futurama
1999

The King of Queens
1998

The Wild Thornberrys
1998

Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998

Veronica's Closet
1997

King of the Hill
1997

Suddenly Susan
1996

Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996

The Jamie Foxx Show
1996

Dunston Checks In
1996

The American President
1995

Caroline in the City
1995

Pulp Fiction
1994

Ellen
1994

Viper
1994

Mad About You
1992

The Simpsons
1989

Snoops
1989

Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988

Full House
1987

Columbo
1971
