Laura Benanti
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.
Acting
TV
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El / Astra
2015
TV
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El
2015
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Maria Grazie
1999
Movie
No Hard Feelings
as Allison Becker
2023
Movie
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Judy
2021
TV
Elementary
as Anne Barker
2012
Movie
Take the Lead
as Tina
2006
TV
The Good Wife
as Renata Ellard
2009
TV
Mayor of Kingstown
as Cindy Stephens
2021
Movie
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Lady Caine (voice)
2017
Movie
Worth
as Karen Donato
2021
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Melania Trump
2015
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Juror 11
2015
TV
Gossip Girl
as Kiki Hope
2021
Movie
Kinda Pregnant
as Daisy's Mom
2025
TV
The Gilded Age
as Susan Blane
2022
TV
Nurse Jackie
as Mia
2009
TV
Younger
as Quinn Tyler
2015
Movie
Here Today
as Francine
2021
TV
Royal Pains
as Shelby Shackelford
2009
TV
The Detour
as Edie
2016
TV
Elsbeth
as Nadine Clay
2024
Movie
Goodrich
as Naomi
2024