
Laura Benanti
Biography
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

Everything's Going to Be Great

Kinda Pregnant

Goodrich

The Shade

No Hard Feelings

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

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Worth

Here Today

Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020

Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side

She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain

Tangled: Before Ever After

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

She Loves Me

Russian Broadway Shut Down

The Sound of Music Live!

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Meskada

Falling for Grace

Take the Lead
