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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

54

Gender

Female

Birthday

1979-07-15 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Laura Ilene Benanti

لورا بنانتی

Laura Benanti

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.

Known For

Acting

Take the Lead

2006

Take the Lead

as

Tina

Meskada

2010

Meskada

as

Allison Connor

Goodrich

2024

Goodrich

as

Naomi

The Sound of Music Live!

2013

The Sound of Music Live!

as

Baroness Elsa Schrader

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

2022

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

as

Self (pre-recorded video)

No Hard Feelings

2023

No Hard Feelings

as

Allison Becker

The Shade

2024

The Shade

as

Renee Beckman

Falling for Grace

2006

Falling for Grace

as

Alexandra

She Loves Me

2016

She Loves Me

as

Amalia

Tangled: Before Ever After

2017

Tangled: Before Ever After

as

Lady Caine (voice)

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

2005

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

as

Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)

Worth

2021

Worth

as

Karen Donato

Here Today

2021

Here Today

as

Francine

Kinda Pregnant

2025

Kinda Pregnant

as

Daisy's Mom

Starved

Starved

as

Billie Frasier

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

as

Self - Guest

Supergirl

Supergirl

as

Alura Zor-El / Astra

Younger

Younger

as

Quinn Tyler

Go On

Go On

as

Lauren Schneider

The Playboy Club

The Playboy Club

as

Bunny Carol-Lynne

Elementary

Elementary

as

Anne Barker

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Nominee

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Winner

Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl

as

Kiki Hope

Ziwe

Ziwe

as

Fake Ziwe

Ziwe

Ziwe

as

Jane

Supergirl

Supergirl

as

Alura Zor-El

Slugfest

Slugfest

as

Louise Simonson

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Performer

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

as

Renata Ellard

The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age

as

Susan Blane

Match Game

Match Game

as

Self - Panelist

Life on Mars

Life on Mars

as

Denise Carling

Stars in the House

Stars in the House

as

Self - Host

Elsbeth

Elsbeth

as

Nadine Clay

Royal Pains

Royal Pains

as

Shelby Shackelford

Production

Crew

Directing