Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1979-07-15 (Age: 47)
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.
Filmography (23)
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
Kinda Pregnant
2025
Goodrich
2024
The Shade
2024
No Hard Feelings
2023
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Worth
2021
Here Today
2021
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
2020
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017
