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Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti

Acting · 2.2 popularity

Age

47

Movies

26

TV

29

Born
July 15, 1979
From
New York City, New York, USA
Website
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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.

Works

26 films

No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

20236.7

Kinda Pregnant

Kinda Pregnant

20255.6

tick, tick... BOOM!

tick, tick... BOOM!

20217.6

Tangled: Before Ever After

Tangled: Before Ever After

20176.8

Take the Lead

Take the Lead

20066.9

Here Today

Here Today

20217.0

Worth

Worth

20216.7

Goodrich

Goodrich

20246.5

Everything's Going to Be Great

Everything's Going to Be Great

20255.9

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

20057.2

The Ditch

The Ditch

2026

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020

Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020

20206.0

Meskada

Meskada

20104.6

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

20108.0

The Sound of Music Live!

The Sound of Music Live!

20136.3

She Loves Me

She Loves Me

20167.7

Untitled Dan Perlman Project

Untitled Dan Perlman Project

2026

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

2022

A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway

A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway

2026

The Shade

The Shade

20244.9

Falling for Grace

Falling for Grace

20065.2

She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain

She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain

2017

Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale

Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale

20165.2

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

2022

Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side

Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side

2020