With Shadow.
Anney McKilligan in front of a giant inflatable "Hello Kitty Temple" which she created
Anney McKilligan Ozar (also known as Anney Fresh and Anney Ozar) is a freelance puppet builder, wrangler, and puppeteer who often works at the Jim Henson Company in New York City. She garnered eight Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling for The Book of Pooh, Bear in the Big Blue House, and Sesame Street, with wins in 2007, 2009, and 2010 for Sesame Street. She can be seen briefly in the Sesame Street episode of inFANity making iPod earbuds for Snuffy in a Season 40 segment. Anney also built Miss Piggy's famous Louboutin pumps.
At the 2000 Henson International Festival of Puppet Theater, Anney puppeteered and designed costumes for Janie Geiser's production of Night Behind the Windows, and also designed costumes for The Cosmic Bicycle Theatre's Assemblage of Souls. As pictured, she is accomplished in the field of large inflatables, and is a member of an arts collective known as the Madagascar Institute of Brooklyn, NY. She was also part of the original cast of the reality show Artstar, which aired on the Gallery HD Channel. She referees/judges at the Idiotarod Shopping Cart Race and sings with the Loser's Lounge at Joe's Pub in New York City. She travels internationally with her inflatable costume project, Space Kittys, which is documented on her blog and YouTube Channel.
Muppet/Henson credits[]
- The Muppets: Puppet costume crafts and shoes
- Bear in the Big Blue House: Rita Mouse, Wrangler
- Sesame Street: Builder/Wrangler (since Season 37)
- Little Shop of Horrors: Puppet Builder
- Pajanimals: Puppet Builder
- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (stage show): Puppet Builder, Puppeteer
- X•tink•shun: Puppet Builder
- A New York Christmas to Remember: Puppet Builder
- The Furchester Hotel
- Julie's Greenroom: Puppet Builder/Designer
- The Happytime Murders: New York Puppet Fabricator
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock: Puppet Builder
Non-Muppet credits[]
- Blue's Room: Puppet Builder, Puppeteer, Puppet Wrangler
- The Book of Pooh: Puppet Builder, Puppeteer, Puppet Wrangler
- Chappelle's Show: Puppeteer for segment Knee High Park in episode 2.10
- Johnny and the Sprites: Puppet prop builder and additional puppeteer for season one and two
- No Strings International: Puppeteer, Props
- The Beaver: Puppet wrangler for Mel Gibson
- Orange is the New Black: Assistant puppeteer, Season 4