Laura Benanti
Acting
🎂 1979-07-15
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.
Cast credits(53)
Maria Grazie
1999
Renata Ellard
2009
Anne Barker
2012
Alura Zor-El / Astra
2015
Alura Zor-El
2015
Self
2015
Self - Nominee
1956
Self - Winner
1956
Self - Performer
1956
Self - Guest
2019
Susan Blane
2022
Quinn Tyler
2015
Nadine Clay
2024
Shelby Shackelford
2009
Allison Becker
2023
Beth Keller
2008
Self
2020
Self - Host
2020
Self - Panelist
2016
Daisy's Mom
2025
2016
Kiki Hope
2021
Denise Carling
2008
Edie
2016
Lauren Schneider
2012
Self
2010
Jane
2021
Fake Ziwe
2021
2021
Lady Caine (voice)
2017
Judy
2021
Tallulah Bankhead
2025
Self
2022
Karen Donato
2021
Tina
2006
Louise Simonson
2021
Naomi
2024
Francine
2021
Self
2022
Self (pre-recorded video)
2022
Baroness Elsa Schrader
2013
Bunny Carol-Lynne
2011
Alexandra
2006
Sophia
2014
Amalia
2016
Renee Beckman
2024
Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
2005
Billie Frasier
2005
Allison Connor
2010
Self - Host
2020
Self
2017
2020
Melania Trump
2016