
Acting
Karen Maruyama
EN cinema · 25 credits
Born
29 May 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
U.S.A
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
Filmography

The Oracle
as Nina Smolinsky

The Musical
as Ms. Belkin

Miss Valentine
as Shelly Foster

Self Reliance
as Lindsey

Kung Fu Panda 4
as Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)

Ultraman: Rising
as Oba-chan (voice)

RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
as Renee Foreman

It's a Wonderful Binge
as Grandma

I'm Totally Fine
as Sandra

A Little Italian Vacation
as Ms. Polotzi

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
as Caricature Artist

Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
as Auntie Bobbie

Life of the Party
as Mediator

Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Tourist at Snake Farm

The Campaign
as Mrs. Yao

The Bucket List
as Nurse Shing

The Enigma with a Stigma
as Cindy Wasser

The Thirteenth Year
as Mrs. Nelson

Dunston Checks In
as Telephone Operator

Sawbones
as Polito

The American President
as Leo's Secretary

Pulp Fiction
as Gawker #1



