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Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 15, 1979 (46)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 starre ... d 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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Kinda Pregnant

Kinda Pregnant

2025

as Daisy's Mom

The Shade

The Shade

2024

as Renee Beckman

Goodrich

Goodrich

2024

as Naomi

No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

2023

as Allison Becker

Here Today

Here Today

2021

as Francine

Worth

Worth

2021

as Karen Donato

tick, tick... BOOM!

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

as Judy

Tangled: Before Ever After

Tangled: Before Ever After

2017

as Lady Caine (voice)

She Loves Me

She Loves Me

2016

as Amalia

The Sound of Music Live!

The Sound of Music Live!

2013

as Baroness Elsa Schrader

Meskada

Meskada

2010

as Allison Connor

Take the Lead

Take the Lead

2006

as Tina

Falling for Grace

Falling for Grace

2006

as Alexandra

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005

as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)

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Television Credits

Go On

as Lauren Schneider

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Aug 08, 2012

Gossip Girl

as Kiki Hope

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Jul 08, 2021

Younger

as Quinn Tyler

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Mar 31, 2015

The Detour

as Edie

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Apr 11, 2016

Slugfest

as Louise Simonson

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Dec 24, 2021

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Maria Grazie

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Royal Pains

as Shelby Shackelford

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jun 04, 2009

Starved

as Billie Frasier

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Aug 04, 2005

Supergirl

as Alura Zor-El / Astra

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Oct 26, 2015

The Playboy Club

as Bunny Carol-Lynne

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 19, 2011

Supergirl

as Alura Zor-El

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 26, 2015

The Gilded Age

as Susan Blane

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 24, 2022

The Good Wife

as Renata Ellard

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 22, 2009

Elsbeth

as Nadine Clay

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 29, 2024

Elementary

as Anne Barker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 2012

Ziwe

as Fake Ziwe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 2021

Ziwe

as Jane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 2021

Life on Mars

as Denise Carling

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 2008

Eli Stone

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 31, 2008

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Stars in the House

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 16, 2020

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Match Game

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 26, 2016

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 2022

Stars in the House

as Self - Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 2020

Ziwe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 2021

The $100,000 Pyramid

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 27, 2016

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