Karen Maruyama

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

Birth Location U.S.A
Born 1958-05-29

Movies

Kung Fu Panda 4 as Various (voice)
2024
2023
Self Reliance as Lindsey
2023
2022
I'm Totally Fine as Sandra
2022
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar as Caricature Artist
2021
A Little Italian Vacation as Ms. Polotzi
2021
Life of the Party as Mediator
2018
Pee-wee's Big Holiday as Tourist at Snake Farm
2016
The Campaign as Mrs. Yao
2012
The Bucket List as Nurse Shing
2007
The Enigma with a Stigma as Cindy Wasser
2006
Dunston Checks In as Telephone Operator
1996
The American President as Leo's Secretary
1995
Sawbones as Polito
1995
Pulp Fiction as Gawker #1
1994
Karen Maruyama hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows