Karen Maruyama

Karen Maruyama

Birthday: 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, 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.

Movies

Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up bo...

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Sawbones
Sawbones

A former medical intern turned sadistic killer is on the loose... and only one woman knows his true ...

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The Campaign
The Campaign

Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congression...

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Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn
Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn

It's the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival, and Chinese-American scratch DJ Logan Lee is poised to ...

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It's a Wonderful Binge
It's a Wonderful Binge

Like the original film, the sequel is set in a near future where all drinking and drugs are banned e...

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Self Reliance
Self Reliance

When a man is offered a million dollars to play a game in which hunters try to kill him, he thinks h...

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Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda 4

Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to ta...

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RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary

A fully-improvised lockdown mockumentary following the cast and crew of a struggling theater (All Vo...

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The Bucket List
The Bucket List

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a ...

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The Thirteenth Year
The Thirteenth Year

A teen learns that his birth mother is a mermaid after he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on hi...

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The Enigma with a Stigma
The Enigma with a Stigma

The original intent of this documentary was to tell the story of a couple preparing for their weddin...

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Life of the Party
Life of the Party

When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by...

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Dunston Checks In
Dunston Checks In

Hotel manager Robert Grant is forced by his boss to postpone his family vacation when a hotel critic...

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The American President
The American President

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he w...

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I'm Totally Fine
I'm Totally Fine

Vanessa embarks on a solo trip after the death of her best friend, Jennifer. However, her self-care ...

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A Little Italian Vacation
A Little Italian Vacation

A group of high school Seniors juggle between old loves and new flings on the shores of a beautiful ...

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Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to...

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Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Pee-wee's Big Holiday

A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday....

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Miss Valentine
Miss Valentine

Samantha carries the baggage of having had an onstage meltdown after winning her hometown’s Miss Val...

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