Smallville alum Erica Durance will play Alura in Supergirl season 3.

Durance, who played Lois Lane on Smallville, will take over the role of Alura, Kara’s mother, from Laura Benanti, reports EW.

Benanti played both Alura and Alura’s twin sister, Astra, in Supergirl‘s first season. She also appeared for a brief appearance in season 2. However, Benanti’s busy Broadway schedule has kept her from returning since.

“Unfortunately Laura, who Greg [Berlanti] and I have worked with for years going back to Eli Stone, was unable to continue in the role due to work commitments in New York,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says.

“But we are so blessed that Erica has come aboard to offer her own interpretation of Kara’s mother. We had tremendous success with a former Lois Lane last season with Teri Hatcher. We know Erica will continue the proud tradition of legacy actors joining our shows and creating new and exciting takes on classic DC characters.”

Supergirl season 3 premieres Monday, October 9 at 8:00 p.m. ET on The CW.