Senator Martha Kent, née Clark is a major character in the WB and CW television series, Smallville.
She is the wife of Jonathan Kent and the adoptive mother of Clark Kent. Throughout her career, Martha has been a former organic farmer and former owner of Talon, and became the current senator of Kansas. She is the widow of Jonathan Kent, The adoptive mother of Clark Kent and the adoptive mother-in-law of Lois Lane. She is also the Red Queen (the opposer of Checkmate, dedicating herself to protecting her son from their plans and is the creator of the first Superman suit.
Martha Kent is portrayed by Annette O'Toole, who previously portrayed Lana Lang in Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve
Relationships[]
Romances[]
Jonathan Kent[]
When Martha was a college student she met Farmer Jonathan Kent.The two fell in love and later married, causing an estrangement between Martha and her father, William Clark. Despite living on a farm Martha and Jonathan were compatible with each other. After failing to have biological Children of their own, Martha and Jonathan adopted baby Kal-El as their son "Clark."
Lionel Luthor[]
Sometime after her husband's death, It is heavily implied that Martha and Lionel developed romantic feelings towards each other but never acted on them. Despite this, Lionel eventually grew to care for Martha as a friend and attempted to have some form of relationship with her and Clark.
=Perry White[]
However, by 2011, she was dating Perry White, future editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet.
Trivia[]
- Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Chloe Sullivan and Lana Lang have all considered Martha Kent to be their ideal version of what a mother should be.