Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain | Self | 2017 |
| Take the Lead | Tina | 2006 |
| tick, tick... BOOM! | Judy | 2021 |
| Meskada | Allison Connor | 2010 |
| Reopening: The Broadway Revival | Self | 2022 |
| Goodrich | Naomi | 2024 |
| Sondheim! The Birthday Concert | Self | 2010 |
| The Sound of Music Live! | Baroness Elsa Schrader | 2013 |
| Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime | Self (pre-recorded video) | 2022 |
| No Hard Feelings | Allison Becker | 2023 |
| The Shade | Renee Beckman | 2024 |
| Falling for Grace | Alexandra | 2006 |
| She Loves Me | Amalia | 2016 |
| Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale | Melania Trump | 2016 |
| Everything's Going to Be Great | Tallulah Bankhead | 1970 |
| Tangled: Before Ever After | Lady Caine (voice) | 2017 |
| Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Worth | Karen Donato | 2021 |
| Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration | Self - Performer | 2020 |
| Here Today | Francine | 2021 |
| Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side | 2020 | |
| Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 | Self - Host | 2020 |
| Russian Broadway Shut Down | 2014 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Eli Stone | 2008 | |
| Starved | Billie Frasier | 2005 |
| Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| Supergirl | Alura Zor-El / Astra | 2015 |
| Younger | Quinn Tyler | 2015 |
| Go On | Lauren Schneider | 2012 |
| The Playboy Club | Bunny Carol-Lynne | 2011 |
| Elementary | Anne Barker | 2012 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1956 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1956 |
| Gossip Girl | Kiki Hope | 2021 |
| Ziwe | Fake Ziwe | 2021 |
| Ziwe | Jane | 2021 |
| Supergirl | Alura Zor-El | 2015 |
| Slugfest | Louise Simonson | 2021 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Maria Grazie | 1999 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Performer | 1956 |
| The Good Wife | Renata Ellard | 2009 |
| The Gilded Age | Susan Blane | 2022 |
| Match Game | Self - Panelist | 2016 |
| Would I Lie to You? | Self | 2022 |
| Life on Mars | Denise Carling | 2008 |
| The Detour | Edie | 2016 |
| Stars in the House | Self | 2020 |
| Stars in the House | Self - Host | 2020 |
| Ziwe | 2021 | |
| Elsbeth | Nadine Clay | 2024 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| The $100,000 Pyramid | 2016 |
