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Laura Benanti
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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 ha…
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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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Laura Benanti's Filmography
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Everything's Going to Be Great
as Tallulah Bankhead
Kinda Pregnant
as Daisy's Mom
Goodrich
as Naomi
The Shade
as Renee Beckman
No Hard Feelings
as Allison Becker
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
as Self (pre-recorded video)
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
as Self
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Judy
Worth
as Karen Donato
Here Today
as Francine
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
as Self - Host
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
as Self
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Lady Caine (voice)
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Melania Trump
She Loves Me
as Amalia
Russian Broadway Shut Down
as Sophia
The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
Meskada
as Allison Connor
Falling for Grace
as Alexandra
Take the Lead
as Tina
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
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The Ditch
A Backstage Look at "The Wedding Singer" on Broadway
as Self
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