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.
23 movies · 29 shows
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025·5.9
Kinda Pregnant
2025·5.6
Goodrich
2024·6.4
The Shade
2024·4.9
No Hard Feelings
2023·6.7
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022·0.0
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022·0.0
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021·7.6
Worth
2021·6.7
Here Today
2021·7.0
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
2020·6.0
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020·0.0
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
2017·0.0
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017·6.8
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016·5.2
She Loves Me
2016·7.7
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014·0.0
The Sound of Music Live!
2013·6.3
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010·8.0
Meskada
2010·4.6
Falling for Grace
2006·5.2
Take the Lead
2006·6.9
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005·7.2