Species: Metahuman
Appearances: S1: Heat
Family: parents, unknown; late husband, unknown; ex-husband, Lex Luthor
Bio: Desiree Atkins is a so-called 'meteor freak' with the ability to produce enhanced pheromones, allowing her to seduce and coerce any human male into doing her bidding. As a teenger, Desiree and her then-boyfriend had been caught in the "throes of major passion" during the meteor shower that had struck Smallville in 1989. A couple of weeks later, her boyfriend had killed her parents, and Desiree had inherited everything from them. Five years later, she had become a teacher and married a wealthy shipping executive. Then, one of her "moonstruck high school students" had killed her husband, leaving Desiree to inherit his fortune. However, she'd lost all her money in dot-coms, and had then targeted billionaire Lex Luthor. In 2002, Desiree had shown up during a business function Lex had been attending, and had seduced him into proposing. Shortly afterward, she and Lex had married, just as she'd taken a job at Smallville High. A couple of days after the wedding, Desiree had stopped by the Kent Farm, in an attempt to seduce Clark Kent into killing Lex for her. However, her pheromones had failed to work on him due to his Kryptonian biology. So, she'd quickly set about discrediting Clark, telling Lex that Clark had hit on her and blaming Clark for a fire she'd set. When Clark's father Jonathan had gone to confront Desiree, she had used her pheromones on him, convincing him that Lex was hurting her. Jonathan had then tried to shoot Lex, but fortunately, Clark had arrived in time to save the day, using his newly acquired heat vision to disintegrate the bullet as well as superheat the door handle so Desiree couldn't leave.
Portrayed By: Krista Allen
Desiree using her pheromones on Lex S2: Heat |