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