Martha Kent — Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Character Profile

About Martha Kent

Superman's adoptive mother, kind and supportive

Martha Kent — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Moral guidance, Farming, Empathy, Resilience

• Strength: 3/10
• Intelligence: 5/10
• Charisma: 6/10
• Morality: 9.5/10
• Influence: 7/10

Affiliations

• DC Universe

Quick Facts about Martha Kent

Occupation

farmer, homemaker

Martha Kent's Known Relations

• Jonathan Kent — Spouse
• Superman — Child
• Clark Kent — Child
• Superman — Child
• Superman — Child
• Superman (Earth-One) — Child
• Superboy — Child

Martha Kent appears in 6 titles

• Superman (1978) — character page
• Superman Returns (2006) — character page
• Man of Steel (2013) — character page
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
• Justice League (2017) — character page
• Superman (2025) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Diane Lane

Appears in

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Martha Kent — Family Adoptive Mother — Clark Kent / Superman (Henry Cavill)

  Clark's biological and emotional anchor on Earth.

• Martha Kent — Social Co-Victim — Lois (Amy Adams)

  Both women are targeted as leverage against Superman.

• Martha Kent — Social Rescuer — Bruce Wayne / Batman (Ben Affleck)

  Bruce shifts from enemy to savior of Superman's mother.

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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• Clark Kent / Superman (Henry Cavill)
• Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg)
• Lois (Amy Adams)
• Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot)
• Perry White (Laurence Fishburne)
• Anatoli Knyazev (Callan Mulvey)
• Wallace Keefe (Scoot McNairy)
• Alfred (Jeremy Irons)
• Senator Finch (Holly Hunter)
• Zod (Michael Shannon)
• Jack O'Dwyer (Hugh Maguire)