Laura Benanti
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Maria Grazie
1999
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Melania Trump
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Juror 11
2015
Series
The Good Wife
Renata Ellard
2009
Series
Elementary
Anne Barker
2012
Series
Supergirl
Alura Zor-El / Astra
2015
Series
Supergirl
Alura Zor-El
2015
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Mayor of Kingstown
Cindy Stephens
2021
Series
Younger
Quinn Tyler
2015
Series
Elsbeth
Nadine Clay
2024
Series
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
Series
The Gilded Age
Susan Blane
2022
Series
Beat Bobby Flay
Self
2013
Series
Royal Pains
Shelby Shackelford
2009
Series
Nurse Jackie
Mia
2009
Series
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Series
Stars in the House
Self - Host
2020
Series
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Lady Caine (voice)
2017
Series
Match Game
Self - Panelist
2016
Series
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Series
Eli Stone
Beth Keller
2008
Film
No Hard Feelings
Allison Becker
2023
Series
Gossip Girl
Kiki Hope
2021
Series
Life on Mars
Denise Carling
2008
Series
Go On
Lauren Schneider
2012
Series
The Detour
Edie
2016
Series
Slugfest
Louise Simonson
2021
Series
Ziwe
Fake Ziwe
2021
Series
Ziwe
Jane
2021
Series
Ziwe
2021
Series
The Playboy Club
Bunny Carol-Lynne
2011
Series
Starved
Billie Frasier
2005
Film
Tangled: Before Ever After
Lady Caine (voice)
2017
Film
Kinda Pregnant
Daisy's Mom
2025
Film
tick, tick... BOOM!
Judy
2021
Film
Take the Lead
Tina
2006
Series
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2022
Film
Goodrich
Naomi
2024
Film
Worth
Karen Donato
2021
Film
Everything's Going to Be Great
Tallulah Bankhead
2025
Film
Here Today
Francine
2021
Film
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
2005
Film
Meskada
Allison Connor
2010
Film
The Sound of Music Live!
Baroness Elsa Schrader
2013
Film
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Sophia
2014
Film
She Loves Me
Amalia
2016
Film
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
Melania Trump
2016
Film
The Shade
Renee Beckman
2024
Film
Falling for Grace
Alexandra
2006
The Ditch
Film
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Self
2010
Film
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
Self
2017
Film
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Self
2022
Film
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Self (pre-recorded video)
2022
Film
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020
Film
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Self - Host
2020
A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
Self