Person

Laura Benanti

Acting · Born 1979-07-15 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

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  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  Maria Grazie

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  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  Melania Trump

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  Tony Awards

  Self - Performer

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  The Good Wife

  Renata Ellard

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  Elementary

  Anne Barker

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  Elsbeth

  Nadine Clay

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  Supergirl

  Alura Zor-El / Astra

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  Mayor of Kingstown

  Cindy Stephens

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  Beat Bobby Flay

  Self

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  The Gilded Age

  Susan Blane

• 2026Shut Up EvanSelf - Guest
• 2025Everything's Going to Be GreatTallulah Bankhead
• 2025Kinda PregnantDaisy's Mom
• 2024GoodrichNaomi
• 2024The ShadeRenee Beckman
• 2024ElsbethNadine Clay
• 2023No Hard FeelingsAllison Becker
• 2022Would I Lie to You?Self
• 2022Becoming Benanti: The Role of a LifetimeSelf (pre-recorded video)
• 2022The Gilded AgeSusan Blane
• 2022Reopening: The Broadway RevivalSelf
• 2021SlugfestLouise Simonson
• 2021Mayor of KingstownCindy Stephens
• 2021tick, tick... BOOM!Judy
• 2021WorthKaren Donato
• 2021Gossip GirlKiki Hope
• 2021ZiweFake Ziwe
• 2021Here TodayFrancine
• 2020Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020Self - Host
• 2020Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
• 2020Stars in the HouseSelf
• 2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
• 2017She Loves Me: Behind the CurtainSelf
• 2017Rapunzel's Tangled AdventureLady Caine (voice)
• 2017Tangled: Before Ever AfterLady Caine (voice)
• 2016Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series FinaleMelania Trump
• 2016She Loves MeAmalia
• 2016The $100,000 Pyramid
• 2016Match GameSelf - Panelist
• 2016The DetourEdie
• 2015SupergirlAlura Zor-El / Astra
• 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertMelania Trump
• 2015YoungerQuinn Tyler
• 2014Russian Broadway Shut DownSophia
• 2013The Sound of Music Live!Baroness Elsa Schrader
• 2013Beat Bobby FlaySelf
• 2012ElementaryAnne Barker
• 2012Go OnLauren Schneider
• 2011The Playboy ClubBunny Carol-Lynne
• 2010Sondheim! The Birthday ConcertSelf
• 2010MeskadaAllison Connor
• 2009The Good WifeRenata Ellard
• 2009Nurse JackieMia
• 2009Royal PainsShelby Shackelford
• 2008Life on MarsDenise Carling
• 2008Eli StoneBeth Keller
• 2006Falling for GraceAlexandra
• 2006Take the LeadTina
• 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsCinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
• 2005StarvedBillie Frasier
• 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMaria Grazie
• 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer
• —The Ditch
• —A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on BroadwaySelf
• —Untitled Dan Perlman Project