Laura Benanti
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 15, 1979, New York City, New York, USA
- Movies
- 24
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.
Upcoming Laura Benanti Movies
A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Everything's Going to Be Great | Tallulah Bankhead |
| 2025 | Kinda Pregnant | Daisy's Mom |
| 2024 | Goodrich | Naomi |
| 2024 | The Shade | Renee Beckman |
| 2023 | No Hard Feelings | Allison Becker |
| 2022 | Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime | Self (pre-recorded video) |
| 2022 | Reopening: The Broadway Revival | Self |
| 2021 | tick, tick... BOOM! | Judy |
| 2021 | Worth | Karen Donato |
| 2021 | Here Today | Francine |
| 2020 | Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 | Self - Host |
| 2020 | Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side | |
| 2017 | She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain | Self |
| 2017 | Tangled: Before Ever After | Lady Caine (voice) |
| 2016 | Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale | Melania Trump |
| 2016 | She Loves Me | Amalia |
| 2014 | Russian Broadway Shut Down | Sophia |
| 2013 | The Sound of Music Live! | Baroness Elsa Schrader |
| 2010 | Sondheim! The Birthday Concert | Self |
| 2010 | Meskada | Allison Connor |
| 2006 | Falling for Grace | Alexandra |
| 2006 | Take the Lead | Tina |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2020 | Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 | Producer |
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