She portrayed Jess Kato in the TBS comedy series Wrecked and was the voice of Giggle McDimples in Toy Story 4.

[5] Her grandmother was held in the Japanese internment camp at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming during World War II.

[3][6] Her grandfather was a part of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, a unit consisting of primarily Japanese American soldiers.

She made a guest appearance in a season 4 episode of the TV series Bones as Dr. Tanaka, a forensic specialist from Japan.

Maki was in the final considerations to play the role of Alice in the 2012 drama film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which eventually went to Erin Wilhelmi.