About

Known credits:
21
Birthday:
1958-05-29
Place of birth:
U.S.A
Website:
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Karen Maruyama

Overview

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

Acting

2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 Actor Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice) 69
Fair
2024 Self Reliance Actor Lindsey 59
Average
2023 RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary Actor Renee Foreman N/A
N/A
2022 It's a Wonderful Binge Actor Grandma 57
Average
2022 I'm Totally Fine Actor Sandra 59
Average
2021 Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar Actor Caricature Artist 59
Average
2021 A Little Italian Vacation Actor Ms. Polotzi 59
Average
2020 Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn Actor Auntie Bobbie 59
Average
2018 Life of the Party Actor Mediator 60
Fair
2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday Actor Tourist at Snake Farm 59
Average
2012 The Campaign Actor Mrs. Yao 58
Average
2007 The Bucket List Actor Nurse Shing 70
Good
2006 The Enigma with a Stigma Actor Cindy Wasser N/A
N/A
2001 Heavy Gear Actor 69
Fair
1999 The Thirteenth Year Actor Mrs. Nelson 61
Fair
1998 Guys Like Us Actor N/A
N/A
1996 Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys Actor Shao Lin (voice) 69
Fair
1996 Dunston Checks In Actor Telephone Operator 57
Average
1995 The American President Actor Leo's Secretary 62
Fair
1995 Sawbones Actor Polito 58
Average
1994 Pulp Fiction Actor Gawker #1 84
Very good