Acting
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.
Filmography
The Oracle
Film · 2026
The Musical
Film · 2026
Miss Valentine
Film · 2025
Self Reliance
Film · 2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
Film · 2024
Ultraman: Rising
Film · 2024
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
Film · 2023
Unstable
Series · 2023
It's a Wonderful Binge
Film · 2022
I'm Totally Fine
Film · 2022
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Series · 2022
A Little Italian Vacation
Film · 2021
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Film · 2021
Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
Film · 2020
Dead to Me
Series · 2019
Life of the Party
Film · 2018
Heathers
Series · 2018
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Film · 2016
Baskets
Series · 2016
One Big Happy
Series · 2015
Bosch
Series · 2015
Better Call Saul
Series · 2015
Young & Hungry
Series · 2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Series · 2014
Go-Go Boy Interrupted
Series · 2014
The Campaign
Film · 2012
Shake It Up: Made in Japan
Film · 2012
Crash & Bernstein
Series · 2012
2 Broke Girls
Series · 2011
Shameless
Series · 2011
Good Luck Charlie
Series · 2010
Shake It Up
Series · 2010
Raising Hope
Series · 2010
The Bucket List
Film · 2007
Cory in the House
Series · 2007
The Enigma with a Stigma
Film · 2006
Hannah Montana
Series · 2006
American Dad!
Series · 2005
Ghost Whisperer
Series · 2005
Stacked
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Series · 2005
Grey's Anatomy
Series · 2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Series · 2005
Kitchen Confidential
Series · 2005
Nip/Tuck
Series · 2003
Wanda at Large
Series · 2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Series · 2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Series · 2003
Arrested Development
Series · 2003
The Division
Series · 2001
Heavy Gear
Series · 2001
Justice League
Series · 2001
Justice League
Series · 2001
The Proud Family
Series · 2001
The Proud Family
Series · 2001
The Proud Family
Series · 2001
Titus
Series · 2000
Static Shock
Series · 2000
Even Stevens
Series · 2000
Strip Mall
Series · 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Series · 2000
The Thirteenth Year
Film · 1999
Futurama
Series · 1999
The Wild Thornberrys
Series · 1998
The King of Queens
Series · 1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Series · 1998
King of the Hill
Series · 1997
Veronica's Closet
Series · 1997
Dunston Checks In
Film · 1996
Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous
Film · 1996
The Jamie Foxx Show
Series · 1996
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Series · 1996
Suddenly Susan
Series · 1996
Sawbones
Film · 1995
The American President
Film · 1995
Caroline in the City
Series · 1995
Pulp Fiction
Film · 1994
Viper
Series · 1994
Ellen
Series · 1994
Mad About You
Series · 1992
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Snoops
Series · 1989
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Series · 1989
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Series · 1988
Full House
Series · 1987
Columbo
Series · 1971
I Don't Care
Film