Cynthia Ettinger is an American actress, known for her stage and television work, most notably her appearances on the TV series ''

Carnivàle ''Carnivàle'' () is an American television series set in the United States Dust Bowl during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The series, created by Daniel Knauf, ran for two seasons between 2003 and 2005. In tracing the lives of disparate g ...

'' and in the unaired pilot of the TV series ''

Smallville ''Smallville'' is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar/G ...

''.

Career

Ettinger was originally cast as

Martha Kent Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent, often referred to as "Pa" and "Ma" Kent (respectively), are fictional characters in American comic books published by DC Comics. They are the adoptive parents of Superman. They live in the rural town of Smallville, ...

for ''

'', but during filming everyone realized that she was not right for the role, including Ettinger. She turned to theater jobs, and when the opportunity for ''Carnivàle'' came up, she chose that project because of the theater-like experience. Also appeared in the episode “The Parking Garage” in the popular TV series Seinfeld and in the 2000 movie Fail Safe by Stephen Frears.

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