- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 29, 1958
- Place of Birth
- U.S.A
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 ep…
Filmography
The Oracle
movieThe Oracle
2026
movieMiss Valentine
2025 · Shelly Foster
movieUltraman: Rising
2024 · Oba-chan (voice)
movieKung Fu Panda 4
2024 · Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
movieSelf Reliance
2024 · Lindsey
movieRE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
2023 · Renee Foreman
tvUnstable
2023 · Meredith
movieIt's a Wonderful Binge
2022 · Grandma
movieI'm Totally Fine
2022 · Sandra
tvDead End: Paranormal Park
2022 · Barborah (voice)
movieBarb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
2021 · Caricature Artist
movieA Little Italian Vacation
2021 · Ms. Polotzi
movieLogan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
2020 · Auntie Bobbie
tvDead to Me
2019 · Marcy
tvHeathers
2018 · Mrs. Finn
movieLife of the Party
2018 · Mediator
moviePee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 · Tourist at Snake Farm
tvBaskets
2016 · Ginny
tvOne Big Happy
2015 · Minister
tvBetter Call Saul
2015 · Judge Metcalf
tvBosch
2015 · Wanda Williams
tvGo-Go Boy Interrupted
2014 · Liz
tvGarfunkel and Oates
2014 · Susie
tvYoung & Hungry
2014 · Lilly
tvCrash & Bernstein
2012 · Vice-Principal Takashi
movieShake It Up: Made in Japan
2012 · Michi
movieThe Campaign
2012 · Mrs. Yao
tv2 Broke Girls
2011 · Su-Min
tvShameless
2011 · Dr. Ma
tvShake It Up
2010 · Michi
tvRaising Hope
2010 · Mrs. Hwong
tvGood Luck Charlie
2010 · Coach Lutes
movieThe Bucket List
2007 · Nurse Shing
tvCory in the House
2007 · Valerie
movieThe Enigma with a Stigma
2006 · Cindy Wasser
tvHannah Montana
2006 · Dr. Yamada
tvGhost Whisperer
2005 · Nurse Heather
tvKitchen Confidential
2005 · Fran
tvStacked
2005
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005 · Lisa Saito
tvAvatar: The Last Airbender
2005 · Bureaucrat (voice), Additional Voices (voice)
tvAmerican Dad!
2005 · Kichiro (voice), Woman (voice)
tvArrested Development
2003 · China Garden
tvNip/Tuck
2003 · Madam Rose
tvSpider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003 · Head Protestor (voice), Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice)
tvWanda at Large
2003
tvJustice League
2001 · Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice), Tsukuri (voice)
tvHeavy Gear
2001
tvThe Proud Family
2001 · Additional Voices (voice), Marsha Mitsubishi / Teens (voice), Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
tvThe Division
2001
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Female Parking Attendant
tvStatic Shock
2000 · Kim (voice)
tvStrip Mall
2000
tvEven Stevens
2000 · Millie
tvTitus
2000 · Nurse Patty
movieThe Thirteenth Year
1999 · Mrs. Nelson
tvFuturama
1999 · Amazonian (voice)
tvThe King of Queens
1998 · Connie
tvThe Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Leopard (voice)
tvWhose Line Is It Anyway?
1998 · Self
tvVeronica's Closet
1997 · Event Official
tvKing of the Hill
1997 · Buddhist (voice)
tvSuddenly Susan
1996 · Mrs. Fong
tvCaptain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996 · Shao Lin (voice)
tvThe Jamie Foxx Show
1996 · Gloria
movieRudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous
1996 · Grandma
movieDunston Checks In
1996 · Telephone Operator
movieThe American President
1995 · Leo's Secretary
tvCaroline in the City
1995 · Actress
movieSawbones
1995 · Polito
moviePulp Fiction
1994 · Gawker #1
tvEllen
1994 · Kate
tvViper
1994 · Police Operator
tvMad About You
1992 · O.R. Nurse
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Japanese Stewardess (voice), Dancing Woman #1 (voice)
tvSnoops
1989 · Gail Nakamura
tvDoogie Howser, M.D.
1989 · Kathy Walker
tvWhose Line Is It Anyway?
1988 · Self
tvFull House
1987
tvColumbo
1971 · Maid
I Don't Care
movieI Don't Care
— · Joan