Laura Benanti
Acting
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
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tvShut Up Evan
2026
Self - Guest
movieEverything's Going to Be Great
2025
Tallulah Bankhead
movieKinda Pregnant
2025
Daisy's Mom
movieGoodrich
2024
Naomi
movieThe Shade
2024
Renee Beckman
tvElsbeth
2024
Nadine Clay
movieNo Hard Feelings
2023
Allison Becker
movieBecoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022
Self (pre-recorded video)
tvThe Gilded Age
2022
Susan Blane
tvSlugfest
2021
Louise Simonson
tvMayor of Kingstown
2021
Cindy Stephens
movieWorth
2021
Karen Donato
tvGossip Girl
2021
Kiki Hope
tvZiwe
2021
Fake Ziwe / Jane
movieHere Today
2021
Francine
movieHomeschool Musical: Class of 2020
2020
Self - Host
tvStars in the House
2020
Self / Self - Host
tvTamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
tvRapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
Lady Caine (voice)
movieTangled: Before Ever After
2017
Lady Caine (voice)
movieShe Loves Me
2016
Amalia
tvMatch Game
2016
Self - Panelist
tvThe Detour
2016
Edie
tvSupergirl
2015
Alura Zor-El / Astra / Alura Zor-El
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Melania Trump / Self - Guest / Juror 11
tvYounger
2015
Quinn Tyler
movieThe Sound of Music Live!
2013
Baroness Elsa Schrader
tvElementary
2012
Anne Barker
tvGo On
2012
Lauren Schneider
tvThe Playboy Club
2011
Bunny Carol-Lynne
movieMeskada
2010
Allison Connor
tvThe Good Wife
2009
Renata Ellard
tvRoyal Pains
2009
Shelby Shackelford
tvLife on Mars
2008
Denise Carling
tvEli Stone
2008
Beth Keller
movieFalling for Grace
2006
Alexandra
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
tvStarved
2005
Billie Frasier
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Maria Grazie
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Performer / Self - Winner / Self - Nominee
