Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 15, 1979
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
55 titles
Laura Benanti
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
Self - Guest
Everything's Going to Be Great
Tallulah Bankhead
Kinda Pregnant
Daisy's Mom
Goodrich
Naomi
The Shade
Renee Beckman
Elsbeth
Nadine Clay
No Hard Feelings
Allison Becker
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Self (pre-recorded video)
The Gilded Age
Susan Blane
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Self
Slugfest
Louise Simonson
Mayor of Kingstown
Cindy Stephens
tick, tick... BOOM!
Judy
Worth
Karen Donato
Gossip Girl
Kiki Hope
Ziwe
Jane
Here Today
Francine
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Self - Host
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
Stars in the House
Self
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
Self
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Lady Caine (voice)
Tangled: Before Ever After
Lady Caine (voice)
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
Melania Trump
She Loves Me
Amalia
The $100,000 Pyramid
Match Game
Self - Panelist
The Detour
Edie
Supergirl
Alura Zor-El / Astra
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Melania Trump
Younger
Quinn Tyler
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Sophia
The Sound of Music Live!
Baroness Elsa Schrader
Beat Bobby Flay
Self
Elementary
Anne Barker
Go On
Lauren Schneider
The Playboy Club
Bunny Carol-Lynne
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Self
Meskada
Allison Connor
The Good Wife
Renata Ellard
Nurse Jackie
Mia
Royal Pains
Shelby Shackelford
Life on Mars
Denise Carling
Eli Stone
Beth Keller
Falling for Grace
Alexandra
Take the Lead
Tina
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Starved
Billie Frasier