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.
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Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
as Shao Lin (voice)
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Sep 07, 1996
Dead End: Paranormal Park
as Barborah (voice)
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Jun 16, 2022
Suddenly Susan
as Mrs. Fong
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 19, 1996
Heathers
as Mrs. Finn
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 25, 2018
Ghost Whisperer
as Nurse Heather
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 23, 2005
Arrested Development
as China Garden
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 02, 2003
Baskets
as Ginny
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 21, 2016
The Proud Family
as Additional Voices (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 15, 2001
Shameless
as Dr. Ma
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 09, 2011
American Dad!
as Kichiro (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2005
Static Shock
as Kim (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2000
King of the Hill
as Buddhist (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1997
Viper
as Police Operator
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 02, 1994
Justice League
as Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 17, 2001
Justice League
as Tsukuri (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 17, 2001
The Wild Thornberrys
as Leopard (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 01, 1998
2 Broke Girls
as Su-Min
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 2011
Mad About You
as O.R. Nurse
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1992
Young & Hungry
as Lilly
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 25, 2014
American Dad!
as Woman (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2005
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Female Parking Attendant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 2000
One Big Happy
as Minister
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 17, 2015
Columbo
as Maid
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1971
Bosch
as Wanda Williams
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 14, 2015
Better Call Saul
as Judge Metcalf
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 08, 2015
Futurama
as Amazonian (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1999
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Head Protestor (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 11, 2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Shadowy Woman / Flower Vendor (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 11, 2003
Crash & Bernstein
as Vice-Principal Takashi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 2012
The Proud Family
as Marsha Mitsubishi / Teens (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 2001
The Proud Family
as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 2001
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Bureaucrat (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 21, 2005
Hannah Montana
as Dr. Yamada
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 2006
The King of Queens
as Connie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1998
Cory in the House
as Valerie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 2007
Dead to Me
as Marcy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 03, 2019
Good Luck Charlie
as Coach Lutes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 04, 2010
Ellen
as Kate
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 29, 1994
Unstable
as Meredith
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 30, 2023
Garfunkel and Oates
as Susie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 07, 2014
Shake It Up
as Michi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 2010
Caroline in the City
as Actress
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1995
Go-Go Boy Interrupted
as Liz
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 2014
Veronica's Closet
as Event Official
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1997
The Simpsons
as Japanese Stewardess (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Simpsons
as Dancing Woman #1 (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Snoops
as Gail Nakamura
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1989
Raising Hope
as Mrs. Hwong
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 2010
Heavy Gear
Episodes: 40
First Aired: Sep 22, 2001
Guys Like Us
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Oct 05, 1998
The Jamie Foxx Show
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Aug 28, 1996
Strip Mall
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jun 18, 2000
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Herself
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 23, 1988
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Aug 05, 1998
Wanda at Large
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 26, 2003
Titus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 20, 2000
The Division
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 2001
Even Stevens
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 17, 2000
Nip/Tuck
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 2003
Stacked
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 13, 2005
Full House
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1987
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