Laura Benanti
- Acting
- July 15, 1979 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Laura Benanti (born July 15, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Over the course of her Broadway career, she has received five Tony Award nominations. She played Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, winning the 2008 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2016 she starred in She Loves Me as Amalia Balash, which was televised. She played Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC television production of The Sound of Music Live!, appeared as Sadie Stone in Nashville in 2014 and 2015 and that same year began playing twin sisters Alura and Astra in the TV series Supergirl. Beginning in 2017, Benanti appeared as Edie Randall in the TBS comedy The Detour. Since 2016, she has had a recurring role as First Lady Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Known for
Filmography
- Shut Up Evan · Self
- Everything's Going to Be Great · Tallulah Bankhead
- Kinda Pregnant · Daisy's Mom
- Goodrich · Naomi
- The Shade · Renee Beckman
- Elsbeth · Nadine Clay
- No Hard Feelings · Allison Becker
- Would I Lie to You? · Self
- Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime · Self
- The Gilded Age · Susan Blane
- Reopening: The Broadway Revival · Self
- Slugfest · Louise Simonson
- Mayor of Kingstown · Cindy Stephens
- tick, tick... BOOM! · Judy
- Worth · Karen Donato
- Gossip Girl · Kiki Hope
- Ziwe · Jane, Fake Ziwe
- Here Today · Francine
- Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 · Self, Producer
- Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
- Stars in the House · Self
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain · Self
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure · Lady Caine (Voice)
- Tangled: Before Ever After · Lady Caine (Voice)
- Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale · Melania Trump
- She Loves Me · Amalia
- The $100,000 Pyramid
- Match Game · Self
- The Detour · Edie
- Supergirl · Alura Zor-El / Astra, Alura Zor-El
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Melania Trump, Self
- Younger · Quinn Tyler
- Russian Broadway Shut Down · Sophia
- The Sound of Music Live! · Baroness Elsa Schrader
- Beat Bobby Flay · Self
- Elementary · Anne Barker
- Go On · Lauren Schneider
- The Playboy Club · Bunny Carol-Lynne
- Sondheim! The Birthday Concert · Self
- Meskada · Allison Connor
- The Good Wife · Renata Ellard
- Nurse Jackie · Mia
- Royal Pains · Shelby Shackelford
- Life on Mars · Denise Carling
- Eli Stone · Beth Keller
- Falling for Grace · Alexandra
- Take the Lead · Tina
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards · Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
- Starved · Billie Frasier
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Maria Grazie
- Tony Awards · Self
- The Ditch
- A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway · Self
- Untitled Dan Perlman Project