Laura Benanti

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.

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2025

Everything's Going to Be Great
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Tallulah Bankhead
Movie - Released: 6/9/2025
Kinda Pregnant
Kinda Pregnant
as Daisy's Mom
Movie - Released: 2/4/2025

2024

Goodrich
Goodrich
as Naomi
Movie - Released: 10/17/2024
The Shade
The Shade
as Renee Beckman
Movie - Released: 9/20/2024
Elsbeth
Elsbeth
as Nadine Clay
TV - Released: 2/29/2024

2023

No Hard Feelings
No Hard Feelings
as Allison Becker
Movie - Released: 6/15/2023

2022

Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/18/2022
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
as Self (pre-recorded video)
Movie - Released: 3/19/2022
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age
as Susan Blane
TV - Released: 1/24/2022
Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
TV - Released: 4/9/2022

2021

tick, tick... BOOM!
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Judy
Movie - Released: 11/11/2021
Worth
Worth
as Karen Donato
Movie - Released: 7/21/2021
Here Today
Here Today
as Francine
Movie - Released: 5/7/2021
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
as Kiki Hope
TV - Released: 7/8/2021
Ziwe
Ziwe
as Jane
TV - Released: 5/9/2021
Ziwe
Ziwe
as Fake Ziwe
TV - Released: 5/9/2021
Slugfest
Slugfest
as Louise Simonson
TV - Released: 12/24/2021
Ziwe
Ziwe
TV - Released: 5/9/2021

2020

Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
Movie - Released: 11/14/2020
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 12/17/2020
Stars in the House
Stars in the House
as Self
TV - Released: 3/16/2020
Stars in the House
Stars in the House
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 3/16/2020

2019

Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/9/2019

2017

She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/19/2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Lady Caine (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/10/2017

2016

She Loves Me
She Loves Me
as Amalia
Movie - Released: 6/30/2016
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Melania Trump
Movie - Released: 11/8/2016
Match Game
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
TV - Released: 6/26/2016
The Detour
The Detour
as Edie
TV - Released: 4/11/2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV - Released: 6/27/2016

2015

Supergirl
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El / Astra
TV - Released: 10/26/2015
Younger
Younger
as Quinn Tyler
TV - Released: 3/31/2015
Supergirl
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El
TV - Released: 10/26/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2014

Russian Broadway Shut Down
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Movie - Released: 1/23/2014

2013

The Sound of Music Live!
The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
Movie - Released: 12/5/2013

2012

Go On
Go On
as Lauren Schneider
TV - Released: 8/8/2012
Elementary
Elementary
as Anne Barker
TV - Released: 9/27/2012

2011

The Playboy Club
The Playboy Club
as Bunny Carol-Lynne
TV - Released: 9/19/2011

2010

Meskada
Meskada
as Allison Connor
Movie - Released: 10/3/2010
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/16/2010

2009

The Good Wife
The Good Wife
as Renata Ellard
TV - Released: 9/22/2009
Royal Pains
Royal Pains
as Shelby Shackelford
TV - Released: 6/4/2009

2008

Eli Stone
Eli Stone
TV - Released: 1/31/2008
Life on Mars
Life on Mars
as Denise Carling
TV - Released: 10/9/2008

2006

Take the Lead
Take the Lead
as Tina
Movie - Released: 3/17/2006
Falling for Grace
Falling for Grace
as Alexandra
Movie - Released: 3/31/2006

2005

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/7/2005
Starved
Starved
as Billie Frasier
TV - Released: 8/4/2005

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Maria Grazie
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 4/1/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 4/1/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
TV - Released: 4/1/1956