Acting
Laura Benanti
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
Shut Up Evan
Series · 2026
Everything's Going to Be Great
Film · 2025
Kinda Pregnant
Film · 2025
Goodrich
Film · 2024
The Shade
Film · 2024
Elsbeth
Series · 2024
No Hard Feelings
Film · 2023
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Film · 2022
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Film · 2022
The Gilded Age
Series · 2022
Would I Lie to You?
Series · 2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
Film · 2021
Worth
Film · 2021
Here Today
Film · 2021
Gossip Girl
Series · 2021
Ziwe
Series · 2021
Ziwe
Series · 2021
Slugfest
Series · 2021
Ziwe
Series · 2021
Mayor of Kingstown
Series · 2021
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
Film · 2020
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Film · 2020
Stars in the House
Series · 2020
Stars in the House
Series · 2020
The Tamron Hall Show
Series · 2019
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
Film · 2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
Film · 2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Series · 2017
She Loves Me
Film · 2016
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
Film · 2016
Match Game
Series · 2016
The Detour
Series · 2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
Series · 2016
Supergirl
Series · 2015
Younger
Series · 2015
Supergirl
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Film · 2014
The Sound of Music Live!
Film · 2013
Beat Bobby Flay
Series · 2013
Go On
Series · 2012
Elementary
Series · 2012
The Playboy Club
Series · 2011
Meskada
Film · 2010
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Film · 2010
The Good Wife
Series · 2009
Royal Pains
Series · 2009
Nurse Jackie
Series · 2009
Eli Stone
Series · 2008
Life on Mars
Series · 2008
Take the Lead
Film · 2006
Falling for Grace
Film · 2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Film · 2005
Starved
Series · 2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Ditch
Film
A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
Film
Untitled Dan Perlman Project
Film