Lara-El mother of Cal-el Biography

Goodbye, my sweet Kal-El." - Lara, Memoria
Lara-El was the Kryptonian biological mother of Kal-El and the wife of Jor-El.
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1 Powers and Abilities
2 Early Life
3 Season Seven
4 Notes
5 In the Comics
6 References
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edit Powers and Abilities
The replicant of Lara displayed invulnerability when she survived a super-strong shove from Zor-El unharmed. Presumably she had access to other Kryptonian superpowers, but simply did not display them, since Zor-El's replicant, who was created at the same time, displayed several abilities.
edit Early Life

Lara visits Earth with Kara.
Before Kal-El was born, Lara traveled to Earth to see if the Kents, the family Jor-El chose for their child in the event Krypton did not see the end of the war with General Zod, would be perfect for her son. Her niece, Kara, followed Lara to Earth and suggested that she name her child "Kal-El." Lara found the Kents acceptable. When Kara's father, Zor-El, arrived to retrieve his daughter, Lara realized she was desired by Zor-El and was made part of his "science": Zor-El stored her DNA in a crystal he later sent with Kara on her journey to Earth.
Sometime after Kal-El was born, Lara, while looking after Kal-El, was contacted by Kara, who told her that Zor-El had planned to ignite Krypton's core and that he has begun the process. Lara was about to tell Kara what to do before Zor-El stopped her and wiped Kara's memory; she proceeded to chastise Zor-El for his actions. She then contacted Jor-El, who went to try and stop the detonation of Krypton's core but was unsuccessful. When Jor-El had to send Kal-El to Earth to escape Krypton's destruction, Lara wondered if the people of Earth would love him, but Jor-El reassured her that they would.
Clark had no recollection of his mother until his memory was jogged in the kryptonite water tank that Dr. Lawrence Garner placed him in to discover his past. He remembered Lara placing him in his spaceship. Later, Clark found out from Martha Kent that "Lara" was his first word, and realized that his birth parents loved him.
Years later, Kara mentioned to Clark that she would sneak away from Kandor to see Lara, with whom she was very close. The day that she found out that she was pregnant with Kal-El, Lara was ecstatic. He was her miracle baby; apparently, Lara had had trouble conceiving.
When Kara and Clark were captured and given a green kryptonite serum, they relived an old memory of Kara's from when Kara, Zor-El and Lara visited Earth. Clark finally saw his mother through Kara's eyes.
edit Season Seven
"Hurry, my son."- Lara pleading with Clark to destroy the Blue Crystal.
After being reborn from the blue crystal, Lara was greeted by the now-grown Kal-El, now known as Clark Kent, and embraced her son, proud that he had become a man. She was taken to the Kent Farm, where she, Kara, and Clark decided to take down Zor-El, who had also been reborn from the crystal. For her safety, Lara was taken to the Queen Tower where Lana Lang kept her company. Lara gave Clark Jor-El's victory ring that, unknown to her, contained blue kryptonite that stripped Clark of his powers.

Lara tells Clark to destroy the blue crystal.
Zor-El later abducted Lara, and took her to the Fortress of Solitude. Lara watched as Zor-El used the Fortress to create an eclipse that would wipe out all of humanity. After Clark arrived at the Fortress and subdued Zor-El with a piece of green kryptonite, Lara told her son to destroy the crystal, which Clark did just as Zor-El was about to kill Kara. Once Clark shattered the crystal, Zor-El and Lara's lives were ended.
edit Notes
Helen Slater played Supergirl in Supergirl: The Movie.
In the comics, Lara's full maiden name is Lara Lor-Van; Kryptonian women inherit their father's full name as a surname until they marry (e.g. Kara Zor-El).
edit In the Comics
In the comics, Jor-El originally intended to send Lara, then pregnant with Kal-El, to Earth. [citation needed] But they ultimately decided to send only their son away, when Lara gave birth earlier than expected