Laura Benanti
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.
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A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
as Self
Shut Up Evan
as Self - Guest
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Tallulah Bankhead
Kinda Pregnant
as Daisy's Mom
Goodrich
as Naomi
The Shade
as Renee Beckman
Elsbeth
as Nadine Clay
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
as Self (pre-recorded video)
The Gilded Age
as Susan Blane
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
as Self
Slugfest
as Louise Simonson
Mayor of Kingstown
as Cindy Stephens
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Judy
Worth
as Karen Donato
Gossip Girl
as Kiki Hope
Ziwe
as Jane
Ziwe
as Fake Ziwe
Ziwe
as Unknown
Here Today
as Francine
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
as Self - Host
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
as Unknown
Stars in the House
as Self
Stars in the House
as Self - Host
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
as Self
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Lady Caine (voice)
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Lady Caine (voice)
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Melania Trump
She Loves Me
as Amalia
The $100,000 Pyramid
as Unknown
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
The Detour
as Edie
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El / Astra
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Melania Trump
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Juror 11
Younger
as Quinn Tyler
Russian Broadway Shut Down
as Sophia
The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
Beat Bobby Flay
as Self
Elementary
as Anne Barker
Go On
as Lauren Schneider
The Playboy Club
as Bunny Carol-Lynne
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
Meskada
as Allison Connor
The Good Wife
as Renata Ellard
Nurse Jackie
as Mia
Royal Pains
as Shelby Shackelford
Life on Mars
as Denise Carling
Eli Stone
as Beth Keller
Falling for Grace
as Alexandra
Take the Lead
as Tina
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Starved
as Billie Frasier
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Maria Grazie
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee