Laura Benanti
Acting
Born: Jul 15, 1979
From: New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everything's Going to Be Great | Tallulah Bankhead | 2025 | 5.8 |
| Kinda Pregnant | Daisy's Mom | 2025 | 5.597 |
| Goodrich | Naomi | 2024 | 6.436 |
| The Shade | Renee Beckman | 2024 | 5.2 |
| No Hard Feelings | Allison Becker | 2023 | 6.678 |
| Reopening: The Broadway Revival | Self | 2022 | — |
| Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime | Self (pre-recorded video) | 2022 | — |
| tick, tick... BOOM! | Judy | 2021 | 7.606 |
| Worth | Karen Donato | 2021 | 6.73 |
| Here Today | Francine | 2021 | 6.954 |
| Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side | 2020 | — | |
| Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 | Self - Host | 2020 | 6.0 |
| Tamron Hall TV | Self - Guest | 2019 | 4.9 |
| She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain | Self | 2017 | — |
| Tangled: Before Ever After | Lady Caine (voice) | 2017 | 6.81 |
| She Loves Me | Amalia | 2016 | 7.7 |
| Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale | Melania Trump | 2016 | 5.2 |
| Supergirl TV | Alura Zor-El / Astra | 2015 | 7.282 |
| Younger TV | Quinn Tyler | 2015 | 6.8 |
| Russian Broadway Shut Down | Sophia | 2014 | — |
| The Sound of Music Live! | Baroness Elsa Schrader | 2013 | 6.3 |
| Go On TV | Lauren Schneider | 2012 | 6.5 |
| Meskada | Allison Connor | 2010 | 4.6 |
| Sondheim! The Birthday Concert | Self | 2010 | 8.0 |
| Eli Stone TV | Beth Keller | 2008 | 6.7 |
| Take the Lead | Tina | 2006 | 6.859 |
| Falling for Grace | Alexandra | 2006 | 5.214 |
| Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") … | 2005 | 7.2 |
| Starved TV | Billie Frasier | 2005 | 4.667 |
| The Ditch | — | ||
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1979 |
| From | New York City, … |