Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti

7/15/1979 (46 years old)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 (53 titles)

Shut Up Evan5.5Show

Shut Up Evan

Self - Guest · 2026

Everything's Going to Be Great5.9Movie

Everything's Going to Be Great

Tallulah Bankhead · 2025

Kinda Pregnant5.6Movie

Kinda Pregnant

Daisy's Mom · 2025

Goodrich6.4Movie

Goodrich

Naomi · 2024

The Shade4.9Movie

The Shade

Renee Beckman · 2024

Elsbeth6.8Show

Elsbeth

Nadine Clay · 2024

No Hard Feelings6.7Movie

No Hard Feelings

Allison Becker · 2023

Would I Lie to You?4.0Show

Would I Lie to You?

Self · 2022

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a LifetimeMovie

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

Self (pre-recorded video) · 2022

The Gilded Age7.7Show

The Gilded Age

Susan Blane · 2022

Reopening: The Broadway RevivalMovie

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

Self · 2022

Slugfest5.8Show

Slugfest

Louise Simonson · 2021

Mayor of Kingstown7.9Show

Mayor of Kingstown

Cindy Stephens · 2021

tick, tick... BOOM!7.6Movie

tick, tick... BOOM!

Judy · 2021

Worth6.7Movie

Worth

Karen Donato · 2021

Gossip Girl7.3Show

Gossip Girl

Kiki Hope · 2021

Ziwe6.2Show

Ziwe

Fake Ziwe · 2021

Here Today7.0Movie

Here Today

Francine · 2021

Homeschool Musical: Class of 20206.0Movie

Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020

Self - Host · 2020

Laura Benanti: Live From the West SideMovie

Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side

2020

Stars in the HouseShow

Stars in the House

Self · 2020

Tamron Hall4.7Show

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest · 2019

She Loves Me: Behind the CurtainMovie

She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain

Self · 2017

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure7.3Show

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

Lady Caine (voice) · 2017

Tangled: Before Ever After6.8Movie

Tangled: Before Ever After

Lady Caine (voice) · 2017

Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale5.2Movie

Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale

Melania Trump · 2016

She Loves Me7.7Movie

She Loves Me

Amalia · 2016

The $100,000 Pyramid7.0Show

The $100,000 Pyramid

2016

Match Game6.4Show

Match Game

Self - Panelist · 2016

The Detour7.1Show

The Detour

Edie · 2016