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Eve Teschmacher
DC Entertainment character
First appearanceSuperman (1978)
Created byRichard Donner
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
In-universe information
Full nameEve Teschmacher
SpeciesHuman
GenderFemale
TitleMiss Teschmacher
Significant otherLex Luthor

Eve Teschmacher is a fictional character originally created by Richard Donner and Mario Puzo for Superman: The Movie (1978). She is the personal assistant and love interest of Superman's archenemy, Lex Luthor. In the 1978 film and Superman II, the character was played by Valerie Perrine.[1]

Teschmacher has subsequently made further appearances in film, television, and comics, including the television series Supergirl, portrayed by Andrea Brooks,[2][3][4] and the film Superman (2025), portrayed by Sara Sampaio.

Film

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Superman (1978) and Superman II

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Created by Richard Donner and Mario Puzo for Superman and Superman II, Miss Teschmacher, played by Valerie Perrine, who along with the bumbling Otis, is one of Lex Luthor's two assistants. She frequently questions his schemes.

Superman (2025)

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Eve Teschmacher appears in Superman (2025), portrayed by Sara Sampaio.[5] This version is Lex Luthor's girlfriend who previously dated Jimmy Olsen, who she still stays in contact with. Having grown disillusioned with Luthor's plan to defame Superman and take over the country of Jarhanpur, she sends Jimmy a collection of selfies that contain incriminating information against Luthor in the background. Luthor finds out about her correspondence with Jimmy (though not realizing the hidden in plain sight background documents), and imprisons her in an artificial pocket universe, while Jimmy's friend Lois Lane releases the images on the Daily Planet's website. After Luthor is arrested and his plans are thwarted by Superman and the Justice Gang, Eve is freed from the pocket universe and resumes her relationship with Jimmy.

Comics

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Eve Teschmacher appears in JLA: Earth 2 and Superman Family Adventures as Lex Luthor's secretary.

Teschmacher appears in the film tie-in Superman Returns: Prequel Comic #3.

Eve Teschmacher appears in the DC Rebirth comic Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen.

Television

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  • A character loosely based on Eve Teschmacher, among other characters, named Tess Mercer appears in Smallville, portrayed by Cassidy Freeman.[6] Tess Mercer serves as an assistant and later head of LuthorCorp after Luthor's disappearance. She is involved in protecting the Luthor family interests, hiding secrets, and enforcing Lex Luthor’s plans. Tess is coerced into loyalty but demonstrates independent action and occasional defiance. Though she assists Lex Luthor and is involved in his criminal conspiracies, she displays conflicted loyalties. She acts as intermediary between Luthor and other characters while navigating internal power struggles.
  • Eve Teschmacher (Andrea Brooks) appears in Supergirl as media executive Cat Grant's and later CEO James Olsen's assistant. Teschmacher also serves as assistant to corporate scientist Lena Luthor when Lena conducts research on Black Kryptonite at L-Corp and later the DEO to produce superhuman abilities in humans. Teschmacher is later discovered to be a mole sent by criminal mastermind Lex Luthor. After Lex is killed, Teschmacher tries to flee but is intercepted and recruited by a representative of covert organization Leviathan. Teschmacher returns to National City under Leviathan's orders but Lena captures her and uploads the artificial intelligence Hope into her brain, enabling Hope to control Teschmacher's body. After an attempt to use a weapon satellite, Hope in Teschmacher's body takes the blame and Teschmacher is arrested by the FBI. Sometime after the Crisis where Earth-Prime is formed, Teschmacher becomes an employee at Obsidian Tech. She is asked by media executive Andrea to look into the bug patches in the Obsidian Lenses. In flashbacks, Teschmacher is coerced into working for Leviathan as their assassin after her father is killed. Lex, now returned to life, persuades her to work as his mole while providing protection for her mother and offering to identify who killed her father. Teschmacher serves as Lex's accomplice, and is tricked into killing former DEO agent Jeremiah Danvers, who Lex claims killed her father. After Supergirl stops the cosmic entity Sun-Eater and Lex kills Leviathan operative Margot to rescue those trapped in virtual reality, Lex reveals his lie and blackmails her with the footage. Teschmacher is followed by investigative journalist William Dey but Teschmacher captures, interrogates, and wounds him. Teschmacher is subdued by Lena and Supergirl learns that Lex manipulated Teschmacher and sympathizes with her. Teschmacher's testimony at Lex's trial is discarded due to her emotional involvement with him.

Analysis

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Teschmacher has been subject to academic analysis, including the interpretation that her first name functions as a reference to the biblical Eve, reinforcing her thematic role as a morally ambivalent woman influencing powerful men.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Hambrick, Allison (May 15, 2025). "Who Is Eve Teschmacher? Lex Luthor's Girlfriend In Superman Explained". ScreenRant. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  2. ^ "A tale of two Teschmachers: Supergirl's Andrea Brooks boosts new Valerie Perrine Documentary". The Georgia Straight. November 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Supergirl's Eve Teschmacher Is Ready to Fight the Girl of Steel". CBR. May 5, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "Supergirl's Andrea Brooks Defends Eve: 'She's Not a Full-Blown Sociopath'". Yahoo Entertainment. May 5, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  5. ^ Grobar, Matt (November 21, 2023). "'Superman: Legacy' Adds Sara Sampaio As Eve Teschmacher". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "Catwoman 2, Punisher: War Zone, Transformers 2: July 30 Comic Reel". Comic Book Resources. July 30, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
  7. ^ Kozlovic, Anton (April 2003). "The Unholy Biblical Subtexts and Other Religious Elements Built into Superman: The Movie (1978) and Superman II (1981)". Journal of Religion & Film. 7 (1).
  8. ^ Eltz, David J (2020). Super Heroes v Scorsese: A Marxist Reading of Alienation and the Political Unconscious in Blockbuster Superhero Film (Thesis). ProQuest 2555360537.[page needed]
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