Laura Benanti
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1979-07-15
Place of birth: 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
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
2017Self
Take the Lead
2006Tina
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021Judy
Meskada
2010Allison Connor
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022Self
Goodrich
2024Naomi
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010Self
The Sound of Music Live!
2013Baroness Elsa Schrader
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022Self (pre-recorded video)
No Hard Feelings
2023Allison Becker
The Shade
2024Renee Beckman
Falling for Grace
2006Alexandra
She Loves Me
2016Amalia
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016Melania Trump
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025Tallulah Bankhead
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017Lady Caine (voice)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Worth
2021Karen Donato
Here Today
2021Francine