Entertainment Movies Margot Kidder, Amy Adams & More Strong Women Who Played Lois Lane on Screen As Rachel Brosnahan prepares to pick up the reporter's notebook, take a look back at the other stars who took on the iconic Superman role By Grace Gavilanes Grace Gavilanes Grace Gavilanes is a former associate editor at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2018. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 27, 2023 04:58PM EDT Close Photo: Everett It takes a tough woman to stand up to the Man of Steel. Through the years, dozens of actresses have portrayed Superman's love interest and confidante Lois Lane, an award-winning reporter both perplexed and entranced by the man also (secretly) known as Clark Kent. Most recently, it was announced that Rachel Brosnahan will be filling her shoes in the upcoming James Gunn film Superman: Legacy. Here, a look back at some of the talented women who've gone before her. 01 of 10 Joan Alexander CBS/Getty Although her turn as Lois Lane never made it to the small (or big) screen, Alexander did have the honor of playing Clark Kent's leading lady on the radio serial The Adventures of Superman, which aired from 1940 to 1951. 02 of 10 Noel Neill Everett Neill became the first actress to portray the intrepid reporter reporter onscreen, playing Lane in a 15-chapter film serial in 1948 and again in Atom Man vs. Superman. The actress also starred in the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman. 03 of 10 Phyllis Coates Everett Coates starred in the first TV show adaptation of Superman from 1952 to 1953, shortly following her big film debut as Lois Lane in 1951's Superman and the Mole-Men. 04 of 10 Margot Kidder Everett Kidder began acting in the late 1960s, but rose to fame in 1978 for her role as Lois Lane in Superman: The Movie opposite Christopher Reeve. The Canadian-born actress went on to reprise the part in the movie's three sequels. The actress, who died in May 2018, had always dreamed of becoming famous, she previously said in a 2002 interview while talking about her battle with depression. "When I was growing up, I wanted to be famous. But when you are famous, you are still the same person, living with the same problems." 05 of 10 Teri Hatcher Everett Years before starring in Desperate Housewives, Hatcher played the award-winning journalist opposite Dean Cain's Superman in the '90s TV show Lois & Clark. In April 2018, Hatcher spoke of being down for a reboot of the show, telling Entertainment Weekly: "I know I have a lot of fans that would like to see the whole show rebooted, so maybe that’ll happen. Dean [Cain, who played Clark Kent] and I both still have really warm feelings about our whole experience on the show. So who knows!" 06 of 10 Erica Durance Everett Collection Durance, who played the part in Smallville — about the early days of Clark Kent — told PEOPLE about her interaction with the original Lois Lane, Margot Kidder. "The first thing Margot ever said to me was, 'You really hit it out of the park kid,' referring to my performance as Lois Lane on Smallville, a compliment I cherish to this day," Durance shared. 07 of 10 Kate Bosworth Everett "She's definitely the type of woman that — she doesn't think she needs to be saved, ever," Bosworth said in an interview, recalling the time she portrayed the reporter in 2006's Superman Returns. "She'll just take care of things on her own. She's very independent, very driven, very strong-willed — which can be slightly frustrating for the men in her life." 08 of 10 Uma Thuerman Everett In one of her lesser known roles, Thurman played "Fake Lois Lane" during a "Super Hero Speed Dating" scene in 2013's wildly inappropriate and hilarious Movie 43. 09 of 10 Amy Adams Everett Adams took on the iconic role in 2016's Batman v Superman and its subsequent films — and just like the actresses before her, she knew what it meant to portray such an important character in pop culture. "Lois Lane was so outside of the world that I lived in," the actress told Parade. "This idea of living in a metropolis and being an independent woman putting herself in peril for the truth was kind of awesome. Lois was groundbreaking." 10 of 10 Rachel Brosnahan Rachel Brosnahan. ANGELA WEISS/getty In June 2023, news broke that The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel herself will be the next Lois Lane in James Gunn's upcoming Superman: Legacy. Brosnahan addressed casting rumors one month prior when asked about them on The View, saying she would be excited to play the part. "It would be extraordinary," she said at the time. "I grew up watching Lois Lane, this incredibly talented journalist who is far from a damsel in destress. And I would jump at the chance if it arose."