Karen Maruyama is a Japanese-American actress and comedian. She has appeared on TV in supporting roles in a number of sitcoms, including recurring characters on The Jamie Foxx Show, Strip Mall, and Suddenly Susan. Maruyama is well known as an improv performer and instructor, was a featured guest on both the American and British version 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.
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.
