Laura Benanti (born July 15, 1979) is an American actress and singer.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Everything's Going to Be Great
Character:Tallulah Bankhead
Release Date:20/06/2025
Kinda Pregnant
Character:Daisy's Mom
Release Date:04/02/2025
Goodrich
Character:Naomi
Release Date:17/10/2024
The Shade
Character:Renee Beckman
Release Date:20/09/2024
No Hard Feelings
Character:Allison Becker
Release Date:15/06/2023
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Character:Self (pre-recorded video)
Release Date:19/03/2022
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Character:Self
Release Date:18/01/2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
Character:Judy
Release Date:11/11/2021
Worth
Character:Karen Donato
Release Date:21/07/2021
Here Today
Character:Francine
Release Date:07/05/2021
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:17/12/2020
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
Character:
Release Date:14/11/2020
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
Character:Self
Release Date:19/10/2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
Character:Lady Caine (voice)
Release Date:10/03/2017
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
Character:Melania Trump
Release Date:08/11/2016
She Loves Me
Character:Amalia
Release Date:30/06/2016
Parade in Concert
Character:Lucille Frank
Release Date:17/02/2015
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Character:Sophia
Release Date:23/01/2014
The Sound of Music Live!
Character:Baroness Elsa Schrader
Release Date:05/12/2013
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/2010
Meskada
Character:Allison Connor
Release Date:03/10/2010
Falling for Grace
Character:Alexandra
Release Date:31/03/2006
Take the Lead
Character:Tina
Release Date:17/03/2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Character:Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Release Date:07/08/2005
Television Appearances
Elsbeth
Character:Nadine Clay
Would I Lie to You?
Character:Self
The Gilded Age
Character:Susan Blane
Slugfest
Character:Louise Simonson
Mayor of Kingstown
Character:Cindy Stephens
Gossip Girl
Character:Kiki Hope
Ziwe
Character:Fake Ziwe
Ziwe
Character:Jane
Ziwe
Character:
Stars in the House
Character:Self
Stars in the House
Character:Self - Host
Tamron Hall
Character:Self - Guest
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Character:Lady Caine (voice)
The $100,000 Pyramid
Character:
Match Game
Character:Self - Panelist
The Detour
Character:Edie
Supergirl
Character:Alura Zor-El / Astra
Supergirl
Character:Alura Zor-El
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Melania Trump
Younger
Character:Quinn Tyler
Beat Bobby Flay
Character:Self
Elementary
Character:Anne Barker
Go On
Character:Lauren Schneider
The Playboy Club
Character:Bunny Carol-Lynne
The Good Wife
Character:Renata Ellard
Royal Pains
Character:Shelby Shackelford
Life on Mars
Character:Denise Carling
Eli Stone
Character:Beth Keller
Starved
Character:Billie Frasier
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Maria Grazie
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Winner
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Performer
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