In October 2001, 18 years after portraying Lana Lang in a feature film (Superman III), she returned to the Superman mythos in the role of Martha Kent, Superman's adoptive mother, in the television series Smallville.
Her best known roles include Lana Lang on Superboy, Katherine Hitchcock on seaQuest DSV, Hannah Nichols on All My Children, and most notably Patty Williams and Emily Peterson on The Young and the Restless.
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Haiduk first achieved national fame when she was cast in the role of Lana Lang in the live-action Superboy TV series of 1988.
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The television series Smallville also cited the same argument to explain why Clark refused to sleep with Lana Lang when he was in possession of his super powers.
Duo Damsel and Shadow Lass adopt secret identities which allow them to hide at the homes of Police Chief Douglas Parker and Lana Lang, while Mon-El stays with the Kents in his old guise as Clark's cousin Bob Cobb.
In the popular Superman-themed television drama Smallville, Lana Lang has a maternal aunt named Nell Potter, (played by Sarah-Jane Redmond) whom she lives with for the first season (due to her parents' deaths) before moving in with Chloe Sullivan.