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(54)
Self
2015
Renata Ellard
2009
Maria Grazie
1999
Anne Barker
2012
Self
2020
Self - Host
2020
Susan Blane
2022
Self - Guest
2019
Alura Zor-El / Astra
2015
Alura Zor-El
2015
Quinn Tyler
2015
Nadine Clay
2024
Lauren Schneider
2012
Self - Nominee
1956
Self - Winner
1956
Self - Performer
1956
Shelby Shackelford
2009
Kiki Hope
2021
Self - Panelist
2016
2016
Edie
2016
Self
2022
Allison Becker
2023
Jane
2021
Fake Ziwe
2021
2021
Denise Carling
2008
Bunny Carol-Lynne
2011
Beth Keller
2008
Daisy's Mom
2025
Billie Frasier
2005
Naomi
2024
Lady Caine (voice)
2017
Louise Simonson
2021
Judy
2021
Tina
2006
Karen Donato
2021
Francine
2021
Tallulah Bankhead
2025
Baroness Elsa Schrader
2013
Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
2005
Renee Beckman
2024
Amalia
2016
Alexandra
2006
Allison Connor
2010
Self
2010
Sophia
2014
2020
Self
2022
Candela
2010
Melania Trump
2016
Self - Host
2020
Self (pre-recorded video)
2022
Self
2017