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.
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Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein ar...
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The Sound of Music Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5,...
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Amalia and Georg work together at a modest Hungarian perfumerie, and have disliked each other from t...
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Rapunzel grapples with the responsibilities of being a princess and the overprotective ways of her f...
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On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodrich (2024) | Naomi | - | - |
| 2 | No Hard Feelings (2023) | Allison Becker | 6.4 | |
| 3 | Worth (2021) | Karen Donato | 7.2 | |
| 4 | tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) | Judy | 7.5 | |
| 5 | Here Today (2021) | Francine | 8 | |
| 6 | Tangled: Before Ever After (2017) | Lady Caine (voice) | 5.5 | |
| 7 | She Loves Me (2016) | Amalia | - | - |
| 8 | The Sound of Music Live! (2013) | Baroness Elsa Schrader | 5 | |
| 9 | Meskada (2010) | Allison Connor | - | - |
| 10 | Take the Lead (2006) | Tina | 6.5 | |
| 11 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005) | Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage) | - | - |
