Laura Benanti
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 2...
Known For
Filmography
Shut Up Evan
2026
as Self - Guest
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
as Tallulah Bankhead
Kinda Pregnant
2025
as Daisy's Mom
Goodrich
2024
as Naomi
The Shade
2024
as Renee Beckman
Elsbeth
2024
as Nadine Clay
No Hard Feelings
2023
as Allison Becker
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022
as Self
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022
as Self (pre-recorded video)
The Gilded Age
2022
as Susan Blane
Would I Lie to You?
2022
as Self
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as Judy
Worth
2021
as Karen Donato
Here Today
2021
as Francine
Gossip Girl
2021
as Kiki Hope
Ziwe
2021
as Jane
Ziwe
2021
as Fake Ziwe
Slugfest
2021
as Louise Simonson
Ziwe
2021
Mayor of Kingstown
2021
as Cindy Stephens
Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side
2020
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
2020
as Self - Host
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Host
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
She Loves Me: Behind the Curtain
2017
as Self
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017
as Lady Caine (voice)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
as Lady Caine (voice)
She Loves Me
2016
as Amalia
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016
as Melania Trump
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
The Detour
2016
as Edie
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Supergirl
2015
as Alura Zor-El / Astra
Younger
2015
as Quinn Tyler
Supergirl
2015
as Alura Zor-El
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Melania Trump
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Juror 11
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
as Sophia
The Sound of Music Live!
2013
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
Beat Bobby Flay
2013
as Self
Go On
2012
as Lauren Schneider
Elementary
2012
as Anne Barker
The Playboy Club
2011
as Bunny Carol-Lynne
Meskada
2010
as Allison Connor
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
as Self
The Good Wife
2009
as Renata Ellard
Royal Pains
2009
as Shelby Shackelford
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Mia
Eli Stone
2008
as Beth Keller
Life on Mars
2008
as Denise Carling
Take the Lead
2006
as Tina
Falling for Grace
2006
as Alexandra
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Starved
2005
as Billie Frasier
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Maria Grazie
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee