Julianne Buescher Julianne Buescher performed her first Henson character on the TV series " Dinosaurs " . Since then , she ' s become a Los Angeles based Henson / Disney regular , performing hundreds of characters in such productions as " The Muppets Take the Bowl , " " The Muppets " , " Muppets Most Wanted " , Muppets Toyota and Lipton commercials , " Sesame Street " , " Muppets Tonight " , " Muppet Classic Theater " , " Mr . Willowby ' s Christmas Tree " , " The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz " , and in Creature Shop projects including " The Country Bears " , " George of the Jungle " , and " Frances " ( as Gloria and Albert ) . Non Henson projects include the puppet episode of " Community " ( as Shirley ) , the " Smile Time " episode of " Angel " ( as Flora ) and the film " Forgetting Sarah Marshall " featuring Buescher as the Angel in the Dracula Musical . Buescher most recently performed in " The Muppets Take the Bowl " as Yolanda Rat , Wanda ( of Wayne and Wanda ) , Hair ( lead singer / puppeteer ) , Bunny ( in " On the Road Again " trio ) , Kim Clamdashian ( in " Keeping up with the Crutaseans " ) , Siri Voice ( in " Pigs in Space " ) , Ghost ( " Boo Danube " ) , Green Frackle ( in " Muppet Labs " ) , assistant / arms for Floyd Pepper , and live cameo as tourist in " Mahna Mahna " . Buescher is an original member of Stuffed and Unstrung ( aka " Puppet Up ! Jim Henson ' s Puppet Improv ) " , in which she performed Piddles the Pug , the Translation Weasel , and many others . She designed and built many of the new puppets created for Puppet Up ! including Piddles , Trixie ( Pretty Girl ) , Duck Boy , Claude Bigfoot , Al the Alien , Herman Monster , Yodita , Grandma / the Queen , Leopard Girl , Nerd Girl , Nerd Boy , PTA Mom , Germ 2 , and Germ 3 . Buescher also redressed the recycled puppets Girleen , Odie , Sylvia , Spiff Mouse , Gopher Tortoise , and the Orangutan ( Professor Ape ) . She is also one of the few performers to utilize the Henson Digital Performance System , bringing real - time digital puppets to life . " Dawn the Fairy " traveled the globe , introducing this new form of puppetry ( also used on " Skrumps " ) . Another HDPS digital puppet on the air is " Coo " , a blue cuckoo bird who hosts the Sprout Channel ' s Morning Block ( puppeteered and voiced by Buescher ) . Henson also used HDPS on the PBS series " Sid the Science Kid " ( 2009 Emmy Nominee ) . Buescher puppeteers / voices the characters " May " and " Grandma " ( and " Nunu " in " Sid the Science Kid : the Movie ) . " Buescher is also an award - winning actor , singer , voice - over artist , indie - filmmaker , illustrator , and writer . She most recently appeared in " The Middle " , " Criminal Minds " , and " Desperate Housewives , " and in ads for " Blue Shield of California " and " Preen Weed - Killer . " Her acting awards include a Drama Logue Award and Ovation Nomination for creating the role of " Inez " in the musical " Tight Quarters " . Her self - produced short film " Resculpting Venus : A Comedy about Breast Cancer " is a Best Narrative winner . And the float she designed for the New Years Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade ( " Bathtime Friends " / City of Burbank ) won the Founders Trophy . Buescher ' s voice - over work most recently includes many lead characters in the " Elder Scrolls / Skyrim " and " Reckoning " games , and as " The Adjutant " in " Starcraft 2 " ( for which she made the IMDb ' s list of " Sexiest Female Voices in VO " ) . Other credits include the voice of Mandy the Monorail at Disneyland , a singing vampire and reporter in the latest Scooby - Doo movie , a young singing bride in Disney ' s " Mulan , " and a character singer on the " Dinosaurs " album " " . She also voice - matches many stars , looping Angelina Jolie in " Mr . and Mrs . Smith " , Kate Beckinsale in " Click " , Joan Cusack in " Chicken Little " , Halle Berry in " Catwoman " , Jennifer Lopez in " Shall We Dance " , Naomie Harris in the " Pirates of the Caribbean " games , and many others . She was asked to join the Broadway cast of " Avenue Q " but turned it down , choosing to travel with " Puppet Up ! " to Edinburgh , Melbourne , Sydney , New Zealand ' s South Island , Tokyo , Aspen , Vegas , and back to New York ( as " Stuffed & Unstrung at the Union Square Theater ) " ! Buescher also appeared as Piddles the Pug with Cee Lo Green on the 2011 Grammy Awards . External links . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _