Acting

Laura Benanti

Born 1979-07-15 · 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.

Credits

Newest first

Shut Up Evan
as Self - Guest
2026
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Tallulah Bankhead
2025
Kinda Pregnant
as Daisy's Mom
2025
Goodrich
as Naomi
2024
The Shade
as Renee Beckman
2024
Elsbeth
as Nadine Clay
2024
No Hard Feelings
as Allison Becker
2023
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2022
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
as Self (pre-recorded video)
2022
The Gilded Age
as Susan Blane
2022
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
as Self
2022
Slugfest
as Louise Simonson
2021
Mayor of Kingstown
as Cindy Stephens
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Judy
2021
Worth
as Karen Donato
2021
Gossip Girl
as Kiki Hope
2021
Ziwe
as Jane
2021
Ziwe
as Fake Ziwe
2021
Ziwe
2021
Here Today
as Francine
2021
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
as Self - Host
2020
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Producer
2020
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
Stars in the House
as Self - Host
2020
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2019
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
as Self
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Lady Caine (voice)
2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Lady Caine (voice)
2017
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Melania Trump
2016
She Loves Me
as Amalia
2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
2016
The Detour
as Edie
2016
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El / Astra
2015
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Melania Trump
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Juror 11
2015
Younger
as Quinn Tyler
2015
Russian Broadway Shut Down
as Sophia
2014
The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
2013
Beat Bobby Flay
as Self
2013
Elementary
as Anne Barker
2012
Go On
as Lauren Schneider
2012
The Playboy Club
as Bunny Carol-Lynne
2011
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
2010
Meskada
as Allison Connor
2010
The Good Wife
as Renata Ellard
2009
Nurse Jackie
as Mia
2009
Royal Pains
as Shelby Shackelford
2009
Life on Mars
as Denise Carling
2008
Eli Stone
as Beth Keller
2008
Falling for Grace
as Alexandra
2006
Take the Lead
as Tina
2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
2005
Starved
as Billie Frasier
2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Maria Grazie
1999
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
The Ditch
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A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
as Self
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Untitled Dan Perlman Project
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