
Laura Benanti
Born: 1979-07-15
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Mayor of Kingstown
2021

She Loves Me
2016

The Gilded Age
2022

Elementary
2012

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021

The Good Wife
2009

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017

Gossip Girl
2021

Supergirl
2015

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005

Nurse Jackie
2009

The Detour
2016

The $100,000 Pyramid
2016

Here Today
2021

Elsbeth
2024

Take the Lead
2006