Laura Benanti

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1979-07-15

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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.

Gallery

Gallery Image
Gallery Image

Acting History

2025
Everything's Going to Be Great as Tallulah Bankhead
2025
Kinda Pregnant as Daisy's Mom
2024
Goodrich as Naomi
2024
The Shade as Renee Beckman
2024
Elsbeth as Nadine Clay
2023
No Hard Feelings as Allison Becker
2022
Would I Lie to You? as Self
2022
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime as Self (pre-recorded video)
2022
The Gilded Age as Susan Blane
2022
Reopening: The Broadway Revival as Self
2021
Slugfest as Louise Simonson
2021
Mayor of Kingstown as Cindy Stephens
2021
tick, tick... BOOM! as Judy
2021
Worth as Karen Donato
2021
Gossip Girl as Kiki Hope
2021
Ziwe as Jane
2021
Ziwe as Fake Ziwe
2021
Ziwe
2021
Here Today as Francine
2020
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 as Self - Host
2020
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020
Stars in the House as Self
2020
Stars in the House as Self - Host
2019
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2017
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain as Self
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Lady Caine (voice)
2017
Tangled: Before Ever After as Lady Caine (voice)
2016
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale as Melania Trump
2016
She Loves Me as Amalia
2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Match Game as Self - Panelist
2016
The Detour as Edie
2015
Supergirl as Alura Zor-El / Astra
2015
Supergirl as Alura Zor-El
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Melania Trump
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
Younger as Quinn Tyler
2015
Parade in Concert as Lucille Frank
2014
Russian Broadway Shut Down as Sophia
2013
The Sound of Music Live! as Baroness Elsa Schrader
2013
Beat Bobby Flay as Self
2012
Elementary as Anne Barker
2012
Go On as Lauren Schneider
2011
The Playboy Club as Bunny Carol-Lynne
2010
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert as Self
2010
Meskada as Allison Connor
2009
The Good Wife as Renata Ellard
2009
Royal Pains as Shelby Shackelford
2008
Life on Mars as Denise Carling
2008
Eli Stone as Beth Keller
2006
Falling for Grace as Alexandra
2006
Take the Lead as Tina
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
2005
Starved as Billie Frasier
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Maria Grazie
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Winner
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Performer
The Ditch