Laura Benanti

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

57

Gender

Female

Birthday

1979-07-15 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Laura Benanti

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.

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Mayor of Kingstown

    Mayor of Kingstown

  • Elementary

    Elementary

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Supergirl

    Supergirl

  • Supergirl

    Supergirl

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Elsbeth

    Elsbeth

  • Tamron Hall

    Tamron Hall

  • Younger

    Younger

  • Stars in the House

    Stars in the House

  • Stars in the House

    Stars in the House

  • The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

  • Beat Bobby Flay

    Beat Bobby Flay

  • Gossip Girl

    Gossip Girl

  • Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

    Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

  • Eli Stone

    Eli Stone

  • Royal Pains

    Royal Pains

  • Match Game

    Match Game

  • No Hard Feelings

    No Hard Feelings

  • Kinda Pregnant

    Kinda Pregnant

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

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

  • The $100,000 Pyramid

    The $100,000 Pyramid

  • The Shade

    The Shade

  • Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

  • Here Today

    Here Today

  • Tangled: Before Ever After

    Tangled: Before Ever After

  • Worth

    Worth

  • The Ditch

    The Ditch

  • The Detour

    The Detour

  • Meskada

    Meskada

  • Ziwe

    Ziwe

  • Ziwe

    Ziwe

  • Ziwe

    Ziwe

  • Go On

    Go On

  • Take the Lead

    Take the Lead

  • Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

    Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

  • Everything's Going to Be Great

    Everything's Going to Be Great

  • tick, tick... BOOM!

    tick, tick... BOOM!

  • Goodrich

    Goodrich

  • Slugfest

    Slugfest

  • The Playboy Club

    The Playboy Club

  • Would I Lie to You?

    Would I Lie to You?

  • The Sound of Music Live!

    The Sound of Music Live!

  • She Loves Me

    She Loves Me

  • Starved

    Starved

  • Falling for Grace

    Falling for Grace

  • She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain

    She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain

  • Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

    Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

  • Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020

    Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020

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

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

  • Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side

    Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side

  • Reopening: The Broadway Revival

    Reopening: The Broadway Revival

  • Russian Broadway Shut Down

    Russian Broadway Shut Down