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
Take the Lead (2006)
as Tina
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
as Judy
Tangled: Before Ever After (2017)
as Lady Caine (voice)
Here Today (2021)
as Francine
Kinda Pregnant (2025)
as Daisy's Mom
Worth (2021)
as Karen Donato
Goodrich (2024)
as Naomi
Everything's Going to Be Great (2025)
as Tallulah Bankhead
The Shade (2024)
as Renee Beckman
Meskada (2010)
as Allison Connor
She Loves Me (2016)
as Amalia
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
The Ditch (—)
Actor
Falling for Grace (2006)
as Alexandra
Reopening: The Broadway Revival (2022)
as Self
Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014)
as Sophia
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime (2022)
as Self (pre-recorded video)
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (2010)
as Self
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale (2016)
as Melania Trump
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 (2020)
as Self - Host
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain (2017)
as Self
A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway (—)
as Self
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side (2020)
Actor