"The Conners' Recast DJ's Wife for Spinoff

The conners brings the wife of DJ.

the Roseanne spinoff a cast acting actress Maya Lynne Robinson As a new regular series for the upcoming season, ABC announced Friday.

Robinson will play Geena Williams-Conner, DJ's (Michael Fishman) wife and Mary's (Jayden Rey) mother returning from active service overseas in Afghanistan.

The character was introduced for the first time in the episode of November 16, 1994. Roseanne and was then played by Rae & Ven Larrymore Kelly. On the Roseanne to restart, The Mindy project actress Xosha Roquemore played briefly the role in the episode, "Go Cubs", and was seen via Skype.

"We are delighted to welcome the incredibly talented Maya Lynne Robinson to the cast this season. His character, Second Lieutenant Geena Conner, who a young DJ was reluctant to kiss in his play, went around his wife and mother, bringing back a small piece of Conner's story. . Bruce Helford said in a statement. "Yet, while Geena is no stranger to the family, viewers, old and new, will enjoy seeing how his" military style "discipline mixes with the more casual attitude of the Conners."

Robinson has recently appeared in theatrical productions of A streetcar named Désir like Stella and Runaway Home like Eunice. She also appeared on the web series HTMAST, GURL and personal exhibitions, Character distribution and Straight A student.

Earlier this week, ABC released the first official photos of The Conners & # 39; first episode of recording. According to the first episode, which will be called "Keep on Truckin", a sudden turn of events forces the family to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford in a new way.

Goodman spoke to The Sunday Times in August, where he said that Roseanne Barrthe character will be killed in the fallout. Roseanne was canceled in May after Barr was fired due to a racist tweet against Valerie Jarrett, former senior adviser to Barack Obama. "It's an unknown," Goodman said to find out if the spin-off will be successful, before talking about his beloved character, Dan, and what will become Barr's character. "

Goodman also stated that he had not been in contact with Barr, but thanked him for leading the way in The conners to advance with ABC. He also stated that Barr, aged 65, was "not racist".

"She had to sign a document saying that she had waived all her rights to the show so we could continue," he said. "I sent him an email and I thanked him for that." I did not hear anything in return, but she was going through hell at that time. And she's still going through hell.

AND spoke with Barr earlier this month and she tore Goodman's words of support. "I like it," Barr said. "So kind of him, so nice, because he knows me."

The conners Preview Tuesday, October 16 at 8 pm ET / PT on ABC.

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