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