Laura Benanti
Acting
Born July 15, 1979 · New York City, New York, USA
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. Begin…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Good Wife
Elementary
Supergirl
Tony Awards
Elsbeth
Mayor of Kingstown
The Gilded Age
Beat Bobby Flay
Tamron Hall
Younger
Royal Pains
Nurse Jackie
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Stars in the House
The $100,000 Pyramid
Match Game
No Hard Feelings
Eli Stone
Gossip Girl
Kinda Pregnant
Life on Mars
The Detour
Go On
Ziwe
tick, tick... BOOM!
Slugfest
Shut Up Evan
Tangled: Before Ever After
The Playboy Club
Goodrich
Would I Lie to You?
Take the Lead
Worth
Starved
Everything's Going to Be Great
Here Today
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Meskada