Laura Benanti

Acting

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.

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Movies (25)

Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
Tallulah Bankhead
Kinda Pregnant
2025
Daisy's Mom
Goodrich
2024
Naomi
The Shade
2024
Renee Beckman
No Hard Feelings
2023
Allison Becker
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022
Self (pre-recorded video)
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022
Self
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Judy
Worth
2021
Karen Donato
Here Today
2021
Francine
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
2020
Self - Host
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
2017
Self
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017
Lady Caine (voice)
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016
Melania Trump
She Loves Me
2016
Amalia
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Sophia
The Sound of Music Live!
2013
Baroness Elsa Schrader
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
Self
Meskada
2010
Allison Connor
Falling for Grace
2006
Alexandra
Take the Lead
2006
Tina
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
The Ditch
A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
Self