Acting
Laura Benanti
Also Known As: Laura Ilene Benanti, لورا بنانتی, Laura Ilene Vidnovic
Birth Date
July 15, 1979
(47 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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1999 • 9 episodes
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Melania Trump
2015 • 9 episodes
The Good Wife
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2009 • 2 episodes
Elementary
Anne Barker
2012 • 1 episode
Supergirl
Alura Zor-El / Astra
2015 • 7 episodes
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956 • 2 episodes
Mayor of Kingstown
Cindy Stephens
2021 • 10 episodes
Elsbeth
Nadine Clay
2024 • 4 episodes
Beat Bobby Flay
Self
2013 • 1 episode
The Gilded Age
Susan Blane
2022 • 3 episodes
Nurse Jackie
Mia
2009 • 7 episodes
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019 • 1 episode
Royal Pains
Shelby Shackelford
2009 • 8 episodes
Younger
Quinn Tyler
2015 • 18 episodes
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 • 1 episode
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Lady Caine (voice)
2017 • 1 episode
Stars in the House
Self
2020 • 2 episodes
Match Game
Self - Panelist
2016 • 1 episode
Gossip Girl
Kiki Hope
2021 • 22 episodes
Eli Stone
Beth Keller
2008 • 5 episodes