Annette O'Toole

McKean also became part of the Superman mythos when he guest starred on Smallville playing a younger Perry White. She was also nominated for a 2002 Emmy Award for best guest actress in a drama series. Annette has been married to actor Michael McKean since 1999, and in 2003 the duo were nominated for an Academy Award, among others, for their song A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow - a love duet that they had written, which was performed in the movie A Mighty Wind. As of 2002 she continues to perform in films while pursing stage acting with The Steppenwolf Theater Company (most notably in Hedda Gabler). She has also performed in a number of successful theater productions. In October 2001, she returned to the Superman mythos in the role of Martha Kent, Clark Kent/Superman's mother, in the television series Smallville, a role she continues to play today. She was the lead in a short-run television show on HBO called The Defenders. She had a recurring roles on the television show Nash Bridges (1996), and The Huntress (2000). In the 1990s she developed a reputation for being a very professional actress, taking many smaller roles in mainstream films like Beautiful Girls and in films like 200 Cigarettes and John Waters' Pecker.

In 1990 she starred in a remake of A Girl of the Limberlost, and in Stephen King's "It". In the film The Mosquito Coast she met boyfriend River Phoenix, whom she later left because of his drug use. 1983 saw her play the part of Lois Lane's arch-rival Lana Lang in Superman III (1983). After her part in the cult classic The Goonies she built up a reputation for being able to play rebellious tomboys, appearing in such films as Shy People, Silence Like Glass and Stars and Bars. In the same year, she appeared opposite Nastassja Kinski in Cat People. She began her career in the 1980s in the film The River Rat. Although she appeared in a number of television and theatrical movies from 1973 onward (notably as Tammy Wynette in 1981's Stand By Your Man), her first major role was as Nick Nolte's loyal girlfriend in 48 Hrs. (1982). Martha Plimpton (born November 16, 1970) was born from Hollywood blood with parents Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton.

Annette began acting at a very young age doing guest appearances in shows such as My Three Sons (1960), The Virginian (1962), Gunsmoke (1955), and The Partridge Family (1970). Annette O'Toole (born April 1, 1955 in Houston, Texas, USA) is an American dancer and actress.