Laura Benanti
Born: 1979-07-15 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Kinda Pregnant as Daisy's Mom
- Everything's Going to Be Great as Tallulah Bankhead
2023
- No Hard Feelings as Allison Becker
2022
- The Gilded Age as Susan Blane
- Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime as Self (pre-recorded video)
- Would I Lie to You? as Self
- Reopening: The Broadway Revival as Self
2021
- Mayor of Kingstown as Cindy Stephens
- Gossip Girl as Kiki Hope
- Here Today as Francine
- Worth as Karen Donato
- Ziwe as Fake Ziwe
- tick, tick... BOOM! as Judy
- Slugfest as Louise Simonson
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
- Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 as Self - Host
- Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2017
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Lady Caine (voice)
- Tangled: Before Ever After as Lady Caine (voice)
- She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain as Self
2016
- Match Game as Self - Panelist
- The $100,000 Pyramid
- The Detour as Edie
- She Loves Me as Amalia
- Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale as Melania Trump
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Melania Trump
- Supergirl as Alura Zor-El / Astra
- Younger as Quinn Tyler
2014
- Russian Broadway Shut Down as Sophia
2013
- Beat Bobby Flay as Self
- The Sound of Music Live! as Baroness Elsa Schrader
2012
- Elementary as Anne Barker
- Go On as Lauren Schneider
2011
- The Playboy Club as Bunny Carol-Lynne
2010
- Meskada as Allison Connor
- Sondheim! The Birthday Concert as Self
2009
- The Good Wife as Renata Ellard
- Royal Pains as Shelby Shackelford
2008
- Eli Stone as Beth Keller
- Life on Mars as Denise Carling
2006
- Take the Lead as Tina
- Falling for Grace as Alexandra
2005
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
- Starved as Billie Frasier
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Maria Grazie
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee