Tom Welling (Clark Kent) Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang) Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor) Jensen Ackles (Jason Teague) Allison Mack (Chloe Sullivan) John Glover (Lionel Luthor) Annette O'Toole (Martha Kent) John Schneider (Jonathan Kent) Erica Durance (Lois Lane) Samuel Jones (Pete Ross) Eric Johnson (Whitney Fordman)

Annette O'Toole played Lana Lang, the girl Clark Kent left behind in his youth, in the big-screen feature Superman III. Now she has taken a new place in the Superman saga playing the mother to teenage Clark Kent in The WB action-adventure series Smallville.

A talented songwriter as well as an accomplished actress, O'Toole and her husband Michael McKean were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the feature film A Mighty Wind.

Born in Houston, Texas, O'Toole started dancing at the early age of 3. At 13, her family moved to Los Angeles and she began taking acting lessons. Her first big break came when she starred in the 1975 feature film Smile, as a conniving beauty pageant contestant. Since then, O'Toole has appeared on the big screen in 48 Hrs, playing Nick Nolte's character's girlfriend, the 1982 remake of Cat People, directed by Paul Schrader, Here on Earth, with Chris Klein and Leelee Sobieski, One on One, King of the Gypsies, Cross My Heart and Love at Large.

O'Toole starred on the cable television series The Huntress and also has been a series regular on Nash Bridges. She has guest-starred on many series including Law & Order and Boy Meets World.

She was nominated for Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of Rose Kennedy in the television miniseries The Kennedys of Massachusetts. Her numerous television movie credits include The War Between the Tates, as a student involved with her professor, Stand By Your Man, in which she showcased her singing voice playing country music legend Tammy Wynette, Love for Rent, A Girl of the Limberlost, The Entertainer, Stephen King's 'It' and Danielle Steel's 'Jewels.'

Dividing her time between stage and screen, O'Toole has performed in theater productions around the country, including a run in Los Angeles in Vanities and performances of Yankee Wives and Sun Bearing Down at The Globe Theater.

O'Toole currently lives in Los Angeles with her family.

Super Fan: "I love Superman. As a kid, I read all of the comic books. I was always drawn to it. And when I was Lana Lang in Superman 3, that was a huge thing for me."

Star Struck: "If I were to meet someone whom I've really looked up to, like Marlon Brando, I wouldn't really believe it was Marlon Brando. Personalities are not really that impressive in an everyday setting, because they do the same mundane things we all do."

Creature Features: "I hate scary movies. Though I read the script beforehand, I couldn't watch Alien. It was so bizarre and weird and I was so frightened. I had to leave the theater. Even though I acted in Cat People, and was on the set during filming, I still cringe when I see it. I just can't stomach it."

Flash Back: "There are some things I look back on and wish I had done differently, or had never done at all. But I can't really complain. You get to a point where it doesn't matter that much anymore. I understand that pretty well now. And I'm very happy."