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Annette O'Toole

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Annette O'Toole Fast Facts:

At age 3, started taking dance lessons at her mother's dance school in Houston.
Joined The Danny Kaye Show as a professional dancer when she was 16.
First acting gig was a guest-starring role on a 1970 episode of Gunsmoke.
Made feature-film debut as a scheming beauty-pageant contestant in the 1975 comedy Smile.
Played country singer Tammy Wynette in a 1981 TV movie entitled Stand by Your Man.
Was cast as Clark Kent's high school sweetheart Lana Lang in 1983's Superman III opposite Christopher Reeve; and then as adoptive mother Martha Kent in the 2001 CW series Smallville.
Landed guest-starring roles with husband Michael McKean in a number of TV series, including a 1999 episode of Boy Meets World and a 2000 episode of Law & Order.
Co-wrote, with husband Michael McKean, an Oscar-nominated song (the second they had ever written together) for the Christopher Guest musical mockumentary A Mighty Wind (2003).

Annette O'Toole Relationships:
Anna Geisslinger - Daughter
Bill Geisslinger - Ex-husband
Michael McKean - Husband
Nell Geisslinger - Daughter
Annette O'Toole Awards:
1991 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1990 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
2003 Oscar: Best Original Song - Nominee
College:
Attended University of California, Los Angeles, CA