Laura Benanti
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
Credits
- 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 · 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 as
- 2021 · Here Today as Francine
- 2020 · Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 as Self - Host
- 2020 · Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side as
- 2020 · Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration as Self - Performer
- 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 · 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 as
- 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 Self
- 2015 · Younger as Quinn Tyler
- 2014 · Russian Broadway Shut Down as
- 2013 · The Sound of Music Live! as Baroness Elsa Schrader
- 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
- 2008 · Life on Mars as Denise Carling
- 2008 · Eli Stone as
- 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
- Future · Everything's Going to Be Great as Tallulah Bankhead