Acting credits
50
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Laura Benanti
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.6
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Movies: 24Series: 26Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 60034
IMDb ID: nm1128574
Known for: Acting
Born: July 15, 1979
Age: 46
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1999 - 2025
Years active: 27
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
Wikidata: Q195129
Also known as
Laura Ilene Benanti • لورا بنانتی • Laura Ilene Vidnovic • Laura Vidnovic
Other jobs
Producer (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Laura Benanti.
5.9
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Tallulah Bankhead
2025 Movie
5.6
Kinda Pregnant
as Daisy's Mom
2025 Movie
6.4
Goodrich
as Naomi
2024 Movie
5.2
The Shade
as Renee Beckman
2024 Movie
6.7
No Hard Feelings
as Allison Becker
2023 Movie
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
as Self (pre-recorded video)
2022 Movie
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
as Self
2022 Movie
7.6
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Judy
2021 Movie
6.7
Worth
as Karen Donato
2021 Movie
6.9
Here Today
as Francine
2021 Movie
6.0
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
as Self - Host
2020 Movie
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020 Movie
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
as Self
2017 Movie
6.8
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Lady Caine (voice)
2017 Movie
5.2
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Melania Trump
2016 Movie
7.7
She Loves Me
as Amalia
2016 Movie
Parade in Concert
as Lucille Frank
2015 Movie
Russian Broadway Shut Down
as Sophia
2014 Movie
6.3
The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
2013 Movie
8.0
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
2010 Movie
4.6
Meskada
as Allison Connor
2010 Movie
5.1
Falling for Grace
as Alexandra
2006 Movie
6.9
Take the Lead
as Tina
2006 Movie
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
2005 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Laura Benanti.
6.9
Elsbeth
as Nadine Clay • 3 eps
2024 Series
4.0
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.6
The Gilded Age
as Susan Blane • 3 eps
2022 Series
6.4
Slugfest
as Louise Simonson • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.9
Mayor of Kingstown
as Cindy Stephens • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.3
Gossip Girl
as Kiki Hope • 22 eps
2021 Series
6.2
Ziwe
as Jane • 1 eps
2021 Series
Stars in the House
as Self • 2 eps
2020 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.3
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Lady Caine (voice) • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.0
The $100,000 Pyramid
1 eps
2016 Series
6.4
Match Game
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.0
The Detour
as Edie • 11 eps
2016 Series
7.3
Supergirl
as Alura Zor-El / Astra • 7 eps
2015 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Melania Trump • 8 eps
2015 Series
6.8
Younger
as Quinn Tyler • 18 eps
2015 Series
6.1
Beat Bobby Flay
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Anne Barker • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.5
Go On
as Lauren Schneider • 22 eps
2012 Series
5.4
The Playboy Club
as Bunny Carol-Lynne • 3 eps
2011 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Renata Ellard • 2 eps
2009 Series
6.8
Royal Pains
as Shelby Shackelford • 8 eps
2009 Series
6.4
Life on Mars
as Denise Carling • 1 eps
2008 Series
6.8
Eli Stone
as Beth Keller • 5 eps
2008 Series