Buckley is married to Bob Fappiano, an experienced puppet builder and performer, and both worked on ALF, performing occasional guest puppets and serving as "special assistants" to ALF. Other credits include Between the Lions, Space Cats, and Mathamatazz. Most recently, Buckley participated in the Indonesian puppet program Two Gardens. She performed a puppet version of Sesame English character Mike, for the pilot of "Sesame English Tours" (1998).