Actor
Karen Maruyama
May 29, 1958 · 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.
Notable work
8.5Pulp Fiction (1994)
as Gawker #1
8.2Grey's Anatomy (2005)
as Lisa Saito
8The Simpsons (1989)
as Dancing Woman #1 (voice) and as Japanese Stewardess (voice)
8.7Better Call Saul (2015)
as Judge Metcalf
8.8Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
as Bureaucrat (voice) and as Additional Voices (voice)
7.2The Bucket List (2007)
as Nurse Shing
8.4Futurama (1999)
as Amazonian (voice)
7Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
as Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
8.2Shameless (2011)
as Dr. Ma
7American Dad! (2005)
as Kichiro (voice) and as Woman (voice)
5.8The Campaign (2012)
as Mrs. Yao
8.1Ghost Whisperer (2005)
as Nurse Heather
Film and television data provided by TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.