Carey Martin

Carey Marie Martin (played by Kim Rhodes) is a fictional character in the Disney Channel sitcom, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and The Suite Life on Deck.

Biography

Carey is a headlining singer at the Tipton Hotel as well as the mother of Zack and Cody. She is a divorced mother, wise, kind, but strict, and seems to love the twins a lot. She is sometimes over-protective of her sons, which they hate, but does it for good reason. Arwin Hawkhauser has a crush on her. She has a younger sister who is never seen, and often dreams about George Clooney. Zack usually takes advantage of her (asking her for money, treating her like a maid, etc.), but at some points, tries to be more appreciative for what she does, like Cody. Carey found her talent for singing by mistake when she was at a talent show doing stand-up comedy.

Although she and Zack don't always get along, it is sometimes shown Zack really does appreciate his mother and loves her. She tries to keep the boys away from trouble, but never succeeds. Later in the second season, she changed her hair color from blond to reddish-brown multiple times. As of the third season, she has kept her brown hair and has grown it out a little. When she is trying to teach the boys a lesson (or in some cases, other characters) she uses a story from her past, which is always boyfriend related, leading to Zack and Cody or the other characters groaning. She was also once seen wearing rubber duck pajamas. It is said that she doesn't cook or cooks badly.