Laura Benanti

Known for acting · Born 15 July 1979 · 47 · New York City, New York, USA

56 credits

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

No Hard Feelings

2023

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Gossip Girl

2021

Supergirl

2015

Younger

2015

Go On

2012

Take the Lead

2006

Mayor of Kingstown

2021

Tangled: Before Ever After

2017

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Nurse Jackie

2009

The Detour

2016

Acting (55)

2026Shut Up EvanSelf - GuestSeries

2025Kinda PregnantDaisy's MomFilm

2025Everything's Going to Be GreatTallulah BankheadFilm

2024GoodrichNaomiFilm

2024ElsbethNadine Clay · 4 episodesSeries

2024The ShadeRenee BeckmanFilm

2023No Hard FeelingsAllison BeckerFilm

2022The Gilded AgeSusan Blane · 3 episodesSeries

2022Would I Lie to You?SelfSeries

2022Reopening: The Broadway RevivalSelfFilm

2022Becoming Benanti: The Role of a LifetimeSelf (pre-recorded video)Film

2021tick, tick... BOOM!JudyFilm

2021Mayor of KingstownCindy Stephens · 10 episodesSeries

2021WorthKaren DonatoFilm

2021Gossip GirlKiki Hope · 22 episodesSeries

2021Here TodayFrancineFilm

2021ZiweJane, Fake ZiweSeries

2021SlugfestLouise Simonson · 10 episodesSeries

2020Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020Self - HostFilm

2020Laura Benanti: Live From the West SideFilm

2020Stars in the HouseSelf · 2 episodes, Self - HostSeries

2019The Tamron Hall ShowSelf - GuestSeries

2017Tangled: Before Ever AfterLady Caine (voice)Film

2017Rapunzel's Tangled AdventureLady Caine (voice)Series

2017She Loves Me: Behind the CurtainSelfFilm

2016The DetourEdie · 11 episodesSeries

2016Match GameSelf - PanelistSeries

2016The $100,000 PyramidSeries

2016She Loves MeAmaliaFilm

2016Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series FinaleMelania TrumpFilm

2015SupergirlAlura Zor-El / Astra · 7 episodes, Alura Zor-El · 3 episodesSeries

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertMelania Trump · 11 episodes, Self - Guest · 3 episodes, Juror 11Series

2015YoungerQuinn Tyler · 18 episodesSeries

2014Russian Broadway Shut DownSophiaFilm

2013The Sound of Music Live!Baroness Elsa SchraderFilm

2013Beat Bobby FlaySelfSeries

2012ElementaryAnne BarkerSeries

2012Go OnLauren Schneider · 22 episodesSeries

2011The Playboy ClubBunny Carol-Lynne · 3 episodesSeries

2010MeskadaAllison ConnorFilm

2010Sondheim! The Birthday ConcertSelfFilm

2009The Good WifeRenata Ellard · 2 episodesSeries

2009Nurse JackieMia · 7 episodesSeries

2009Royal PainsShelby Shackelford · 8 episodesSeries

2008Life on MarsDenise CarlingSeries

2008Eli StoneBeth Keller · 5 episodesSeries

2006Take the LeadTinaFilm

2006Falling for GraceAlexandraFilm

2005StarvedBillie Frasier · 7 episodesSeries

2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsCinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)Film

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMaria Grazie · 9 episodesSeries

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer · 2 episodes, Self - Winner, Self - NomineeSeries

—The DitchFilm

—A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on BroadwaySelfFilm

—Untitled Dan Perlman ProjectFilm

Production (1)

2020Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020ProducerFilm