Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti

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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TV Series

Eli Stone

Eli Stone

6.8
Starved

Starved

4.2
Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

5.1
Supergirl

Supergirl

7.298
Younger

Younger

6.8
Go On

Go On

6.427
The Playboy Club

The Playboy Club

5.5
Elementary

Elementary

7.598
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

5.1
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

5.1
Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl

7.3
Ziwe

Ziwe

5.7
Ziwe

Ziwe

5.7
Supergirl

Supergirl

7.298
Slugfest

Slugfest

6.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

5.1
The Good Wife

The Good Wife

7.598
The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age

7.8
Match Game

Match Game

5.9
Would I Lie to You?

Would I Lie to You?

4
Life on Mars

Life on Mars

6.505
The Detour

The Detour

7.054
Stars in the House

Stars in the House

0
Stars in the House

Stars in the House

0
Ziwe

Ziwe

5.7
Elsbeth

Elsbeth

7.3
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.343
The $100,000 Pyramid

The $100,000 Pyramid

7.4
Royal Pains

Royal Pains

6.7

Movies

She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain

She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain

0
Take the Lead

Take the Lead

6.9
tick, tick... BOOM!

tick, tick... BOOM!

7.615
Meskada

Meskada

4.696
Reopening: The Broadway Revival

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

0
Goodrich

Goodrich

6.1
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

8
The Sound of Music Live!

The Sound of Music Live!

6.3
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

0
No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

6.732
The Shade

The Shade

5
Falling for Grace

Falling for Grace

5.2
She Loves Me

She Loves Me

7.7
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale

Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale

5.2
Everything's Going to Be Great

Everything's Going to Be Great

0
Tangled: Before Ever After

Tangled: Before Ever After

6.8
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

7.2
Worth

Worth

6.703
Here Today

Here Today

7
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side

Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side

0
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020

Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020

6
Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

0
Kinda Pregnant

Kinda Pregnant

5.608
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

0