
Karen Maruyama
- Date of Birth: 1958-05-29
- Place of Birth: U.S.A
Biography
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, Sudd... 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.

Ellen
Comedy • 1994 March

Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Adventure, Comedy, Family • 2016 March

Life of the Party
Comedy • 2018 May

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Comedy • 2021 March

Viper
Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 1994 January

Self Reliance
Comedy, Thriller • 2024 January

The Campaign
Comedy • 2012 August

One Big Happy
Comedy • 2015 March

Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Kids • 1996 September

Suddenly Susan
Comedy • 1996 September