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Laura Benanti
New York City, New York, USA
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 t…
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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 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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2026
Shut Up Evan
TV show Self - Guest
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2025
Everything's Going to Be Great
Movie Tallulah Bankhead
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2025
Kinda Pregnant
Movie Daisy's Mom
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2024
Goodrich
Movie Naomi
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2024
The Shade
Movie Renee Beckman
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2024
Elsbeth
TV show Nadine Clay
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2023
No Hard Feelings
Movie Allison Becker
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2022
Would I Lie to You?
TV show Self
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2022
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Movie Self (pre-recorded video)
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2022
The Gilded Age
TV show Susan Blane
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2022
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Movie Self
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2021
Slugfest
TV show Louise Simonson
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2021
Mayor of Kingstown
TV show Cindy Stephens
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2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie Judy
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2021
Worth
Movie Karen Donato
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2021
Gossip Girl
TV show Kiki Hope
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2021
Ziwe
TV show Fake Ziwe
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2021
Here Today
Movie Francine
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2020
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
Movie Self - Host
- 2020
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2020
Stars in the House
TV show Self
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2017
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
Movie Self
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2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
TV show Lady Caine (voice)
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2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
Movie Lady Caine (voice)
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2016
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
Movie Melania Trump
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2016
She Loves Me
Movie Amalia
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2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV show
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2016
Match Game
TV show Self - Panelist
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2016
The Detour
TV show Edie
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2015
Supergirl
TV show Alura Zor-El / Astra
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Melania Trump
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2015
Younger
TV show Quinn Tyler
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2014
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Movie Sophia
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2013
The Sound of Music Live!
Movie Baroness Elsa Schrader
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2013
Beat Bobby Flay
TV show Self
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2012
Elementary
TV show Anne Barker
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2012
Go On
TV show Lauren Schneider
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2011
The Playboy Club
TV show Bunny Carol-Lynne
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2010
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Movie Self
