Lois Lane in other media

Lois Lane was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The detective reporter first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938).

Lois Lane first appeared on The Adventures of Superman radio series in the February 26, 1940, episode "Dr. Dahlgren's Atomic Beam Machine." The first actress to voice Lois Lane was Rosalind "Rolly" Bester. Rolly was married to science fiction author Alfred Bester, creator of Solomon Grundy and the Green Lantern oath. Rolly Bester voiced Lois in four episodes broadcast from February 26 to March 4, 1940. Lois first meets Superman in the March 1, 1940, episode, "Threat To The Daily Planet."

Lois was voiced by actress Helen Louise Choat for three storylines that aired from March 18 to April 26, 1940. Choat began broadcasting at WNAC-Boston in 1928, and later starred in the major soap operas of the era. After the decline of radio, Helen Choat briefly worked in television and co-authored books about metaphysics.

Joan Alexander voiced Lois Lane for over 1,600 episodes from June 9, 1940, until the series finale on March 1, 1951. Alexander also provided the voice of Lois Lane for the Fleischer and Famous Studios cartoons from 1941–1943. She would reprise the role in 1966 for one season of The New Adventures of Superman animated series. Joan Alexander later expressed disappointment about being remembered for Lois Lane instead of stage productions by Shakespeare or Shaw.

Lois Lane first appeared on film in 1948. Actress Noel Neill starred in Superman, a 15-part serial from Columbia Pictures. Neill returned in the 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman. Noel Neill was previously known for her portrayals of Betty Rogers, a high-school newspaper reporter. Her father David Neill was an editor for the Minneapolis Star Journal newspaper.

After the departure of Phyllis Coates, Noel Neill was again cast as Lois for season 2 of the Adventures of Superman television series. Neill starred as Lois for 78 episodes that aired from 1953–1958. She also appeared in Stamp Day For Superman, a short film produced by the United States Department of the Treasury in 1954.

Noel Neill made an uncredited cameo as Lois' mother Ella Lane in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie. A tradition of Lois actresses returning would continue over the next four decades. In 1991, Neill guest starred as Alexis on an episode of the Superboy television series. In 2006, Neill appeared in Superman Returns as Gertrude Vanderworth, the wife of Lex Luthor.

On June 11, 2010, a 15-foot bronze statue of Noel Neill as Lois Lane was unveiled in Metropolis, Illinois. The statue was sculpted by Gary Ernest Smith and cast by Kevin Maag from Metal Art Foundry.

Phyllis Coates first appeared as Lois Lane alongside George Reeves in Superman and the Mole Men. The film was released by Lippert Pictures on November 23, 1951. The feature served as a pilot for the Adventures of Superman television series that premiered on September 19, 1952. Coates starred as Lois Lane for 24 episodes of the first season. In 1994 and 1997, Coates portrayed Lois' mother Ellen Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

Patricia Marand starred as Lois Lane in the original Broadway production of It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman. The musical opened on March 29, 1966, at the Alvin Theater. Marand was nominated for the 1966 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. Lesley Ann Warren starred as Lois Lane in the ABC television adaption that first aired on February 21, 1975.

Margot Kidder starred as Lois in the 1978 blockbuster film Superman: The Movie. Kidder appeared in all four Superman films from 1978–1987. Her role in Superman III is limited to a few minutes of screen time. Additional scenes featuring Kidder were included in the 2006 release of Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut.

In 1986, Margot Kidder voiced Lois Lane in an animated television commercial for AT&T. In 2004, Kidder appeared as Dr. Bridgette Crosby in two episodes of Smallville. Dr. Crosby was an emissary for Dr. Virgil Swann, played by Christopher Reeve.

Teri Hatcher starred in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The television series aired for four seasons on ABC from September 12, 1993, to June 14, 1997. In 2010, Hatcher guest starred as Lois' mother Ella Lane on an episode of Smallville.

Kate Bosworth starred as Lois in Superman Returns, released on June 28, 2006. The film is an alternate sequel to Superman: The Movie and Superman II. Clark returns to Earth to discover that Lois is married. Lois has a son named Jason that begins to display super strength and a weakness to kryptonite.

Erica Durance starred as Lois Lane in Smallville for 141 episodes from 2004–2011. From 2017–2019, Durance appeared as Alura Zor-El, mother of Kara Zor-El, in the Supergirl television series. In 2019, Durance reprised both roles during the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event. In Part 2, Lois is married to a retired Clark in an alternate Smallville of Earth-167.

Amy Adams first appeared as Lois Lane in the 2013 DCEU film Man of Steel. Adams reprised the role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Justice League (2017). Additional footage of Adams is featured in the 2021 release of Zack Snyder's Justice League. In the non-canonical director's cut, Lois is revealed to be pregnant.

Elizabeth "Bitsie" Tulloch first appeared as Lois Lane in the December 2018 episodes of The Flash and Supergirl during the "Elseworlds" crossover event on The CW. The character returned for the five-part "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover of 2019–2020.

Elizabeth Tulloch starred in the spin-off series Superman & Lois with Tyler Hoechlin as Clark. The show debuted on February 23, 2021, and concluded on December 2, 2024. Lois and Clark are married with two teenage sons, Jonathan and Jordan. Lois left her job at the Daily Planet and the family relocated to Smallville.

On June 27, 2023, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn announced that actress Rachel Brosnahan had been cast as Lois Lane in the upcoming DCU film Superman. The film was written and directed by Gunn. Superman is scheduled for release on July 11, 2025.