 Lana Lang is a fictional character on the television series Smallville . She has been a series regular since the pilot episode , and has been played continuously by Kristin Kreuk , with two other actresses having portrayed Lana Lang as a child and as an elderly woman . The character of Lana Lang , first created for comic books by Bill Finger and John <unk> in the 1950s as a romantic interest for Superboy , was adapted to television in 2001 by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar . The character has also appeared in various literature based on the Smallville television series , none of which directly continues from or into the television episodes . 
