Laura Benanti
ActingAlso Known As
Laura Ilene Benanti, لورا بنانتی, Laura Ilene Vidnovic, Laura Vidnovic
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.
Movies
(25 total)
No Hard Feelings
as Allison Becker
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Judy
Take the Lead
as Tina
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Lady Caine (voice)
Worth
as Karen Donato
Kinda Pregnant
as Daisy's Mom
Here Today
as Francine
Goodrich
as Naomi
The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Tallulah Bankhead
Meskada
as Allison Connor
Falling for Grace
as Alexandra
The Shade
as Renee Beckman
She Loves Me
as Amalia
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
as Self - Host
TV Shows
(31 total)
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El / Astra
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Maria Grazie
Elementary
as Anne Barker
The Good Wife
as Renata Ellard
Mayor of Kingstown
as Cindy Stephens
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Melania Trump
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Gossip Girl
as Kiki Hope
The Gilded Age
as Susan Blane
Younger
as Quinn Tyler
Royal Pains
as Shelby Shackelford
The Detour
as Edie
Go On
as Lauren Schneider
Life on Mars
as Denise Carling
Elsbeth
as Nadine Clay
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Lady Caine (voice)
Eli Stone
as Beth Keller
The Playboy Club
as Bunny Carol-Lynne
Beat Bobby Flay
as Self