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.
Born: July 15, 1979 · New York City, New York, USA
Filmography (38)
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
Kinda Pregnant
2025
Goodrich
2024
The Shade
2024
Elsbeth
2024
No Hard Feelings
2023
The Gilded Age
2022
Slugfest
2021
Mayor of Kingstown
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Worth
2021
Gossip Girl
2021
Ziwe
2021
Here Today
2021
Stars in the House
2020
Tamron Hall
2019
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017
She Loves Me
2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Match Game
2016
The Detour
2016
Supergirl
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Younger
2015
The Sound of Music Live!
2013
Beat Bobby Flay
2013
Elementary
2012
Go On
2012
The Playboy Club
2011
Meskada
2010
The Good Wife
2009
Royal Pains
2009
Life on Mars
2008
Eli Stone
2008
Falling for Grace
2006
Take the Lead
2006
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999