Martha Kent — Man of Steel Character Profile

About Martha Kent

Adoptive mother of Clark Kent, raises him with love and moral guidance in Smallville.

Martha Kent — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Moral guidance, Farming, Resilience, Empathy, Community leadership

• Strength: 2/10
• Intelligence: 4/10
• Charisma: 6/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 5/10

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)
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) — character page
• Justice League (2017) — character page
• Superman (2025) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Diane Lane

Appears in

Man of Steel (2013)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Martha Kent — Family Adoptive Mother — Clark Kent / Kal-El (Henry Cavill)

  Adoptive mother who provides love and stability.

• Martha Kent — Conflict Threatener — General Zod (Michael Shannon)

  Uses Martha as leverage to find the genetic codex.

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• Perry White (Laurence Fishburne)
• Faora-Ul (Antje Traue)
• Dr. Emil Hamilton (Richard Schiff)
• Lara Lor-Van (Ayelet Zurer)
• General Swanwick (Harry Lennix)
• Colonel Nathan Hardy (Christopher Meloni)
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