abby cadabby is a 4-year-old muppet character on the pbs/hbo children's television show sesame street, performed by leslie carrara-rudolph. in 2006, abby made her debut in the first episode of "sesame street"’s 37th season, when she moved into the neighborhood and met some of the street's residents. on the day of her debut, her wand broke; big bird told her to take her wand to the fix-it shop where maria would fix it. season 40 features her cgi animated recurring segmentstitled "abby's flying fairy school" which was adapted into a proper spin-off. she is also currently the host of another spin-off "abby's amazing adventures", with her stepbrother rudy. the first episode aired november 17, 2018 on hbo and september 2, 2019 on pbs.