Geneva Carr
Encyclopedia
Geneva Carr is an American
television
and stage
actress, with an extensive acting resume, yet is best known for her role of the "mom" in AT&T Mobility's mobile phone
commercials
.
of "ongoing value has had success ...." The telephone company "intends to continue with Carr and crew and the existing theme for at least another ad ...." Carr represents the "typical customer" of the service.
was in an episode of Spin City
. She also appeared in an episode of Sex and the City
as one of the nurses present at the birth of Miranda Hobbes
' son, Brady.
Carr has had two recurring roles: Faith Yancy on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
, and Caroline Guiles on Third Watch
. Prior to her recurring role on CI, Carr also made appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
and Law & Order: Trial by Jury
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and stage
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
actress, with an extensive acting resume, yet is best known for her role of the "mom" in AT&T Mobility's mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
commercials
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
.
Rollover Mom
"Carr is the star" of a series of notable television commercial advertisements for AT&T's telephone service. She "plays the mom of two sons and wife of a laid-back husband." In one well-noted ad, "Carr quickly retrieves a set of rollover minutes, depicted as little orange and white clocks, from a yard sale that her family is hosting. A woman is bargaining to buy them, but when Carr realizes the rollover minutes are on the table, she grabs them and says they are not for sale. 'In these days, we can't afford to be wasteful,' she says." The marketingMarketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
of "ongoing value has had success ...." The telephone company "intends to continue with Carr and crew and the existing theme for at least another ad ...." Carr represents the "typical customer" of the service.
Selected performances
Carr's first credited role according to Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database
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was in an episode of Spin City
Spin City
Spin City is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996 until April 30, 2002 on the ABC network. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, and originally starred Michael J. Fox as Mike...
. She also appeared in an episode of Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
as one of the nurses present at the birth of Miranda Hobbes
Miranda Hobbes
Miranda Hobbes is a fictional character on the American HBO television comedy series Sex and the City and subsequent movies. She is portrayed by actress Cynthia Nixon.-Character analysis:...
' son, Brady.
Carr has had two recurring roles: Faith Yancy on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
, and Caroline Guiles on Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
. Prior to her recurring role on CI, Carr also made appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
and Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury is an American television drama about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the third spin-off from the long-running Law & Order. The show's almost exclusive focus was on the criminal trial of the accused, showing both the prosecution's and defense's preparation...
.
Other performances
- I Heart NY (Sex and the City episode)
- Rose's DilemmaRose's DilemmaRose's Dilemma is a 2003 play by Neil Simon, produced off-Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center's Stage 1. It ran from November 20, 2003 until February 1, 2004. Directed by Lynn Meadow, it starred John Cullum, Patricia Hodges, David Aaron Baker, and Geneva Carr...
- Masquerade (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)Masquerade (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)"Masquerade" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames bring a suspect to New York from Vietnam for trial, who has confessed to the long-unsolved murder of a child beauty queen...
- In the Wee Small Hours (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)In the Wee Small Hours (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)"In the Wee Small Hours" is a fifth season double episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It was originally presented as a two-hour telemovie, but was subsequently divided to air as two one-hour episodes, being listed as "In the Wee Small Hours, Part I" and "In the Wee Small...
- Neighborhood Watch (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)Neighborhood Watch (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)"Neighborhood Watch" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot:A neighborhood receives notices from a watch group that a sex offender is moving in. The entire community is soon making the offender's life miserable...
- Albatross (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)Albatross (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)"Albatross" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the death of a respected judge killed during a historical reenactment of the Alexander Hamilton/Aaron Burr duel in front of Captain Ross...
- Broken (Third Watch)
- Weak (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)Weak (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)"Weak" is an Emmy Award-winning episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It originally aired on November 30, 2004. B. D. Wong does not appear in this episode.-Episode recap:...
- Obsession (Third Watch)
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are UndeadRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are UndeadRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead is a 2009 American independent film written and directed by Jordan Galland. The film's title refers to a fictitious play-within-the-movie, which is a comic reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and its aftermath and whose title is a reference to the play...