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.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 2016 · nominated
Filmography34 titles
Mayor of Kingstown
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
She Loves Me
The Gilded Age
tick, tick... BOOM!
Elementary
The Good Wife
Gossip Girl: Next Gen (2021)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Supergirl
The Detour
Nurse Jackie
Here Today
The $100,000 Pyramid
Younger
Take the Lead
Tangled: Before Ever After
Elsbeth
No Hard Feelings
Worth
Royal Pains
Eli Stone
Go On
Goodrich
Life on Mars
Match Game
Ziwe
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Beat Bobby Flay
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Everything's Going to Be Great
Kinda Pregnant
The Shade
Tamron Hall