Laura Benanti
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 15, 1979 (age 47)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
The Ditch
Movie
A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
Movie · as Self
Untitled Dan Perlman Project
Movie
Shut Up Evan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Everything's Going to Be Great
Movie · as Tallulah Bankhead
Kinda Pregnant
Movie · as Daisy's Mom
Goodrich
Movie · as Naomi
The Shade
Movie · as Renee Beckman
Elsbeth
TV · as Nadine Clay · 4 eps
No Hard Feelings
Movie · as Allison Becker
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Movie · as Self
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Movie · as Self (pre-recorded video)
The Gilded Age
TV · as Susan Blane · 3 eps
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie · as Judy
Worth
Movie · as Karen Donato
Here Today
Movie · as Francine
Gossip Girl
TV · as Kiki Hope · 22 eps
Ziwe
TV · as Jane, Fake Ziwe · 1 ep
Slugfest
TV · as Louise Simonson · 10 eps
Mayor of Kingstown
TV · as Cindy Stephens · 18 eps
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
Movie
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Movie · as Self - Host
Stars in the House
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 2 eps
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
Movie · as Self
Tangled: Before Ever After
Movie · as Lady Caine (voice)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
TV · as Lady Caine (voice) · 1 ep
She Loves Me
Movie · as Amalia
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
Movie · as Melania Trump
Match Game
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
The Detour
TV · as Edie · 11 eps
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Supergirl
TV · as Alura Zor-El / Astra · 7 eps
Younger
TV · as Quinn Tyler · 18 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Melania Trump, Self - Guest, Juror 11 · 12 eps
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Movie · as Sophia
The Sound of Music Live!
Movie · as Baroness Elsa Schrader
Beat Bobby Flay
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Go On
TV · as Lauren Schneider · 22 eps
Elementary
TV · as Anne Barker · 1 ep
The Playboy Club
TV · as Bunny Carol-Lynne · 3 eps
Meskada
Movie · as Allison Connor
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Movie · as Self
The Good Wife
TV · as Renata Ellard · 2 eps
Royal Pains
TV · as Shelby Shackelford · 8 eps
Nurse Jackie
TV · as Mia · 7 eps
Eli Stone
TV · as Beth Keller · 5 eps
Life on Mars
TV · as Denise Carling · 1 ep
Take the Lead
Movie · as Tina
Falling for Grace
Movie · as Alexandra
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie · as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Starved
TV · as Billie Frasier · 7 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Maria Grazie · 9 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Performer, Self - Winner, Self - Nominee · 2 eps