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Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti

Actor · Born 1979-07-15 · New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Supergirl (2015) — Alura Zor-El / Astra
  2. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Maria Grazie
  3. No Hard Feelings (2023) — Allison Becker
  4. tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) — Judy
  5. Elementary (2012) — Anne Barker
  6. Take the Lead (2006) — Tina
  7. The Good Wife (2009) — Renata Ellard
  8. Mayor of Kingstown (2021) — Cindy Stephens
  9. Tangled: Before Ever After (2017) — Lady Caine (voice)
  10. Worth (2021) — Karen Donato
  11. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Melania Trump
  12. Kinda Pregnant (2025) — Daisy's Mom
  13. Gossip Girl (2021) — Kiki Hope
  14. The Gilded Age (2022) — Susan Blane
  15. Nurse Jackie (2009) — Mia
  16. Younger (2015) — Quinn Tyler
  17. Royal Pains (2009) — Shelby Shackelford
  18. Here Today (2021) — Francine
  19. The Detour (2016) — Edie
  20. Elsbeth (2024) — Nadine Clay
  21. Goodrich (2024) — Naomi
  22. Go On (2012) — Lauren Schneider
  23. Life on Mars (2008) — Denise Carling
  24. Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017) — Lady Caine (voice)
  25. Eli Stone (2008) — Beth Keller
  26. The Sound of Music Live! (2013) — Baroness Elsa Schrader
  27. The Playboy Club (2011) — Bunny Carol-Lynne
  28. Everything's Going to Be Great (2025) — Tallulah Bankhead
  29. Meskada (2010) — Allison Connor
  30. Falling for Grace (2006) — Alexandra
  31. Beat Bobby Flay (2013) — Self
  32. Match Game (2016) — Self - Panelist
  33. Tamron Hall (2019) — Self - Guest
  34. The Shade (2024) — Renee Beckman
  35. The $100,000 Pyramid (2016)
  36. She Loves Me (2016) — Amalia
  37. Ziwe (2021) — Fake Ziwe
  38. Slugfest (2021) — Louise Simonson
  39. Starved (2005) — Billie Frasier
  40. Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (2010) — Self