Laura Benanti
Acting
- Born:
- 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
Filmography
Shut Up Evan
Everything's Going to Be Great
Kinda Pregnant
Goodrich
The Shade
Elsbeth
No Hard Feelings
Would I Lie to You?
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
The Gilded Age
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Slugfest
Mayor of Kingstown
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Worth
Gossip Girl
Ziwe
Here Today
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
Stars in the House
The Tamron Hall Show
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Tangled: Before Ever After
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
She Loves Me
The $100,000 Pyramid
Match Game
The Detour
Supergirl
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Younger
Russian Broadway Shut Down
The Sound of Music Live!
Beat Bobby Flay
Elementary
Go On
The Playboy Club
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Meskada
The Good Wife
Nurse Jackie
Royal Pains
Life on Mars
Eli Stone
Falling for Grace
Take the Lead
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Starved
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tony Awards
The Ditch
A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
Untitled Dan Perlman Project