- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 15, 1979
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
tvShut Up Evan
2026 · Self - Guest
movieEverything's Going to Be Great
2025 · Tallulah Bankhead
movieKinda Pregnant
2025 · Daisy's Mom
movieGoodrich
2024 · Naomi
movieThe Shade
2024 · Renee Beckman
tvElsbeth
2024 · Nadine Clay
movieNo Hard Feelings
2023 · Allison Becker
tvWould I Lie to You?
2022 · Self
movieBecoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 · Self (pre-recorded video)
tvThe Gilded Age
2022 · Susan Blane
movieReopening: The Broadway Revival
2022 · Self
tvSlugfest
2021 · Louise Simonson
tvMayor of Kingstown
2021 · Cindy Stephens
movietick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Judy
movieWorth
2021 · Karen Donato
tvGossip Girl
2021 · Kiki Hope
tvZiwe
2021 · Jane, Fake Ziwe
movieHere Today
2021 · Francine
movieHomeschool Musical: Class of 2020
2020 · Self - Host, Producer
movieLaura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020
tvStars in the House
2020 · Self, Self - Host
tvTamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
movieShe Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
2017 · Self
tvRapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017 · Lady Caine (voice)
movieTangled: Before Ever After
2017 · Lady Caine (voice)
movieStephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016 · Melania Trump
movieShe Loves Me
2016 · Amalia
tvThe $100,000 Pyramid
2016
tvMatch Game
2016 · Self - Panelist
tvThe Detour
2016 · Edie
tvSupergirl
2015 · Alura Zor-El / Astra
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Melania Trump, Self - Guest, Juror 11
tvYounger
2015 · Quinn Tyler
movieRussian Broadway Shut Down
2014 · Sophia
movieThe Sound of Music Live!
2013 · Baroness Elsa Schrader
tvBeat Bobby Flay
2013 · Self
tvElementary
2012 · Anne Barker
tvGo On
2012 · Lauren Schneider
tvThe Playboy Club
2011 · Bunny Carol-Lynne
movieSondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010 · Self
movieMeskada
2010 · Allison Connor
tvThe Good Wife
2009 · Renata Ellard
tvNurse Jackie
2009 · Mia
tvRoyal Pains
2009 · Shelby Shackelford
tvLife on Mars
2008 · Denise Carling
tvEli Stone
2008 · Beth Keller
movieFalling for Grace
2006 · Alexandra
movieTake the Lead
2006 · Tina
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
tvStarved
2005 · Billie Frasier
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Maria Grazie
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Performer, Self - Winner, Self - Nominee
The Ditch
movieThe Ditch
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movieA Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
— · Self