Laura Benanti
- Teen actor
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.
Acted in
Goodrich
2024
as Naomi
The Shade
2024
as Renee Beckman
Elsbeth
2024
as Nadine Clay
No Hard Feelings
2023
as Allison Becker
Would I Lie to You?
2022
as Self
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022
as Self (pre-recorded video)
The Gilded Age
2022
as Susan Blane
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022
as Self
Slugfest
2021
as Louise Simonson
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as Judy
Worth
2021
as Karen Donato
Gossip Girl
2021
as Kiki Hope
Here Today
2021
as Francine
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
2020
as Self - Host
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2020
as Self - Performer
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Host
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
2017
as Self
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017
as Lady Caine (voice)
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016
as Melania Trump
She Loves Me
2016
as Amalia
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
Supergirl
2015
as Alura Zor-El / Astra
Supergirl
2015
as Alura Zor-El
Younger
2015
as Quinn Tyler
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
The Sound of Music Live!
2013
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
Elementary
2012
as Anne Barker
Go On
2012
as Lauren Schneider
The Playboy Club
2011
as Bunny Carol-Lynne
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
as Self
Meskada
2010
as Allison Connor
The Good Wife
2009
as Renata Ellard
Life on Mars
2008
as Denise Carling
Eli Stone
2008
Falling for Grace
2006
as Alexandra
Take the Lead
2006
as Tina
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Starved
2005
as Billie Frasier
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Maria Grazie
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Tallulah Bankhead