Laura Benanti
20 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 15, 1979 (age 47)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Laura Ilene Benanti · لورا بنانتی · Laura Ilene Vidnovic · Laura Vidnovic
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.
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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.
Known for
Laura Benanti: movies and TV shows
Acting (39)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2025 Everything's Going to Be Great
as Tallulah Bankhead
- 2025 Kinda Pregnant
as Daisy's Mom
- 2024 Goodrich
as Naomi
- 2024 The Shade
as Renee Beckman
- 2024
- 2023 No Hard Feelings
as Allison Becker
- 2022
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021 tick, tick... BOOM!
as Judy
- 2021 Worth
as Karen Donato
- 2021
- 2021 Here Today
as Francine
- 2020
- 2017
- 2017 Tangled: Before Ever After
as Lady Caine (voice)
- 2016 Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Melania Trump
- 2016 She Loves Me
as Amalia
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014 Russian Broadway Shut Down
as Sophia
- 2013 The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010 Meskada
as Allison Connor
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2006 Falling for Grace
as Alexandra
- 2006 Take the Lead
as Tina
- 2005 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
- 2005
- 1999
Behind the camera (1)
- 2020 Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (15)
- Upcoming
- 2026 Shut Up Evan
1 episode
- 2022 Would I Lie to You?
1 episode
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 Ziwe
3 episodes
- 2020 Stars in the House
3 episodes
- 2019 The Tamron Hall Show
1 episode
- 2017
- 2016 The $100,000 Pyramid
1 episode
- 2016 Match Game
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
15 episodes
- 2013 Beat Bobby Flay
1 episode
- 2010
- 1956 Tony Awards
4 episodes