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Laura Benanti

Laura Ilene Benanti (née Vidnovic; born July 13, 1979) [1] 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. Benanti then appeared in the Broadway musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 2010, winning the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She played Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC television production of The Sound of Music Live! and, in 2015, began playing twin sisters Alura and Astra in the TV series Supergirl. Benanti appeared as Edie Randall in the TBS comedy The Detour from 2017 until the show's cancellation in 2019. Since 2016, she has had a recurring role as First Lady Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Laura Benanti
Benanti in 2012 Drama League Benefit Gala
Born
Laura Ilene Vidnovic

(1979-07-13) July 13, 1979 (age 44)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1998–present
Notable credits
Spouses
  • (m. 2005; div. 2006)
  • (m. 2007; div. 2013)
  • Patrick Brown
    (m. 2015)
Children2
Websitewww.laurabenanti.com

Early life Edit

Benanti was born in New York City to Linda Wonneberger, a vocal coach and former actress, and Martin Vidnovic, a Broadway actor and singer.[2] She is of Serbian,[3] German, and Irish heritage.[4] Her parents divorced when she was young. She soon moved to Kinnelon, New Jersey, with her mother and stepfather Salvatore Benanti, a psychotherapist, whose name she took and whom she refers to as her father.[2][5]

Benanti remembers being "very serious" and "a bit of an ugly duckling" as a child; she was intensely interested in musical theatre, saying she "came out of the womb as a 40-year-old". She was particularly interested in the music of Stephen Sondheim at an early age and distanced herself from other children.[5][6] In 2008, Benanti told The New York Times that she drew on this loneliness in her portrayal of the neglected Louise in Gypsy.[6] Though her parents refused to let Laura audition for professional theatre, Laura appeared in several high school and community productions, including Evita (as Perón's mistress), Follies (as Young Heidi), and Into the Woods (as Cinderella).[4] At 16, Benanti played the title role in her high school production of Hello, Dolly! and won a Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award for Outstanding Actress in a high school production.[7] She graduated from Kinnelon High School in 1997.[7]

Career Edit

Theatre Edit

In 1998, Paper Mill's then-artistic director Robert Johanson recommended Benanti for the role of Liesl in a Broadway revival of The Sound of Music. She auditioned for the show's producers and was considered too mature-looking to play Liesl, but, after several call-backs, was signed at the age of 18 to play one of the nuns and to understudy Rebecca Luker as Maria. Benanti played the role for two weeks while Luker was on vacation, and, at 19, took over the role when Luker left the production.[2] Michael Buckley of Playbill later wrote that Benanti "was an absolutely wonderful Maria ... As do others, I believe that had she opened in the show, Benanti would have been an overnight sensation."[4] When she was cast in The Sound of Music, Benanti had attended New York University for two weeks; the dean recommended she go on leave to take the job.[8]

In 1999, Benanti appeared in the Broadway revue Swing!, for which she received a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2000, she co-starred with Donna Murphy in the critically acclaimed New York City Center Encores! concert production of the Leonard Bernstein-Betty Comden-Adolph Green musical Wonderful Town.

In 2002, Benanti played Cinderella (a role she had played as a teenager) in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods and received both a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. During a mid-performance pratfall in Into the Woods, Benanti fractured her neck, herniating two discs directly onto her spinal cord and cutting off spinal fluid, a condition that sometimes leads to paralysis.[4][6]

The injury was misdiagnosed, and Into the Woods producers asked Benanti not to mention her injury; when she began missing performances due to neck problems, rumors spread that Benanti was behaving unprofessionally, something that she called "really hurtful". She said, "I had a serious injury and there was absolutely no way I could have done the show. I tried to. I tried to go back and do it but I physically couldn't."[9] Benanti was eventually replaced in the show by Erin Dilly. Eight months after her initial injury, Benanti was rediagnosed and received surgery that could have damaged her voice but was successful, though as of 2005 she still experienced neck pain and myelopathy.[4][6]

Three weeks after undergoing spinal surgery, Benanti started previews in March 2003 for the Broadway revival of Nine, in which she played Claudia, a movie star who inspires Guido, a director played by Antonio Banderas.[6] She left the show in September 2003. Benanti appeared in the World AIDS Day concerts of Pippin, Children of Eden, and The Secret Garden.[10][11][12] From April to December 2006, she played Julia Sullivan in the Broadway musical The Wedding Singer.[13]

In July 2007, Benanti played in a three-week limited run of the musical Gypsy in the Encores! staged concert production at the New York City Center as Louise, alongside Patti LuPone as Rose and Boyd Gaines as Herbie. In March 2008, the production transferred to Broadway, where it ran until January 2009 and received widespread critical acclaim. Benanti's performance as Louise was praised, with The New York Times's Ben Brantley declaring it "the performance of her career".[14] She won several awards, including a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

Benanti appeared in The Public Theater's world-premiere production of Christopher Durang's play Why Torture Is Wrong, And the People Who Love Them from April 6 to 26, 2009.[15] She next appeared in the Lincoln Center Theater's production of Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) beginning previews on October 22, 2009, and opening on November 19, 2009, at the Lyceum Theatre.[16]

Benanti appeared in the new musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown on Broadway from October 8, 2010, until January 2, 2011. She received a Tony nomination and won the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance.[17] In June 2013, Benanti performed as the soprano soloist in the San Francisco premiere of Andrew Lippa's oratorio, I Am Harvey Milk.[18] She played Goddess in The Public Theater's musical adaptation of The Tempest, which was presented at the Delacorte Theatre from September 6 through 8, 2013.[19]

From April 2 through 6, 2014, Benanti starred as Rosabella in the New York City Center Encores! staged concert production of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella alongside Shuler Hensley, Cheyenne Jackson, Jay Armstrong Johnson, and Heidi Blickenstaff.[20]

On February 16, 2015, Benanti played Lucille Frank in the Manhattan Concert Productions presentation of Parade at Avery Fisher Hall, alongside Jeremy Jordan as Leo Frank.[21] She appeared in New York Spring Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall from March 12 through May 7, 2015.[22]

Benanti starred in the lead role of Amalia Balash in the 2016 Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway revival of She Loves Me opposite Zachary Levi. The production began previews at Studio 54 on February 19, 2016, and opened on March 17 for a limited engagement through July 10.[23][24][25] She received a nomination for Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this role.

In 2017, Benanti once again appeared on Broadway in Steve Martin's Meteor Shower, along with Keegan-Michael Key as Gerald, Amy Schumer as Corky, and Jeremy Shamos as Norm. The play premiered on Broadway on November 1, 2017, in previews, officially on November 29, 2017, at the Booth Theatre. The play closed on January 21, 2018.[26]

Benanti replaced Lauren Ambrose as Eliza Doolittle in the Broadway Lincoln Center Theater revival of My Fair Lady, beginning October 23, 2018, for a limited run through February 17, 2019, except for Tuesday nights with Kerstin Anderson in the role.[27] Benanti extended her appearance in the musical to July 7, 2019.[28]

Television and film Edit

In addition to stage roles, Benanti was a regular on the short-lived FX sitcom Starved (2005), which received mixed reviews,[29][30] but Benanti described it as "a good experience. I got a lot of camera experience, which was something I just hadn't had."[9] In 2006, she appeared in two films: Take the Lead, in which she reunited with her Nine co-star Antonio Banderas,[31] and Falling for Grace as Princess Alexandra.[32][33]

In 2008, Benanti had a recurring role on the ABC television series Eli Stone. She appeared in the pilot for the TV show as well.[34][35]

In 2011, she was cast in the NBC series The Playboy Club, which was canceled after three episodes.[36] Benanti played the wife of Dr. Atticus Sherman on Episode 11 of Season Two of The Big C, entitled "Fight Or Flight".[37]

In 2011 and 2012, Benanti had a recurring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Nick Amaro's wife.[38] Benanti played the role of Lauren Bennett, a leader of a support group, on the NBC series, Go On.[39] Go On was canceled in May 2013 after one season.[40]

She had a recurring role on the USA series Royal Pains.[41] On October 17, 2013, Benanti appeared in an episode of Elementary on CBS.[42] She also appeared in Nurse Jackie and The Good Wife.[43][44]

On December 5, 2013, Benanti played Elsa Schräder in the NBC production of The Sound of Music Live![45][46]

In 2014, she was cast as country singer Sadie Stone in the ABC musical drama series Nashville for its third season, recording and performing several songs during her arc.[47]

In 2015, she joined the cast of Supergirl, where she has a recurring role as Alura In-Ze, Zor-El's wife and mother of Kara[48] and Alura's twin sister General Astra, who wants to take over Earth as its new ruler and destroy her niece Kara.[49] In July 2017, it was announced that Benanti would not return to the series for its third season due to her work schedule and that Erica Durance would assume the role of Alura.[50] Benanti guest-starred as Edie, a United States Postal Service inspector, in the second season of The Detour and was later promoted to a series regular for season three.[51]

On July 19, 2016, Benanti first impersonated Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during the run-up to that year's U.S. presidential election,[52] a role she reprised in subsequent appearances on that show.[53]

In 2019, she joined the cast of Younger, playing the role of businesswoman and author Quinn Tyler.

In 2021, Benanti played the role of Francine in the film Here Today, co-written and directed by Billy Crystal, starring Crystal and Tiffany Haddish.

Recordings Edit

Benanti can be heard on the original cast albums of each of her Broadway roles, as well as compilation albums of Stephen Schwartz and Maury Yeston. She participated in a studio cast recording of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro, which was released by Sony Classics in February 2009. She also appears as a guest artist on the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C.'s live album, You've Got to Be Carefully Taught: The Songs of Hammerstein & Sondheim, taken from a 2002 performance at the Kennedy Center.

A songwriter and guitarist, Benanti has written songs privately since at least the early 2000s;[5] in 2005, she said that she was working on a folk-rock solo CD, though "Musical theatre is my first love[...]I want to take my music and orchestrate it in a kind of old fashioned style, and take some standards and 'popularize' them—do a true crossover. I'm working on it."[4]

In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention, a live recording of Benanti's concert engagement at 54 Below, was released by Broadway Records in September 2013.[54]

Benanti released her self-titled first solo album in 2020.[55]

Solo recordings Edit

  • In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention: Live at 54 Below (2013)
  • I Like Musicals – Single (2016)
  • Laura Benanti (2020)

Broadway recordings Edit

Studio and concert recordings Edit

  • The Stephen Schwartz Album – 1999 Studio Recording
  • The Maury Yeston Songbook – 2003 Studio Recording
  • NEO (New, Emerging... Outstanding!) – 2003 Concert Recording
  • You've Got To Be Carefully Taught: The Songs of Sondheim & Hammerstein – 2003 Gay Men's Chorus Of Washington D.C. Recording
  • Hair – 2004 Concert Recording
  • Wall to Wall Stephen Sondheim – 2006 Concert Recording
  • Allegro – 2008 Studio Recording
  • A Little Princess – 2010 Studio Recording
  • Songs from Amberland: Edie's Reckoning – 2022 Single Recording

Soundtracks Edit

Personal life Edit

Benanti met Chris Barron, lead singer of the Spin Doctors, in the early 2000s. They married on July 25, 2005, but by the end of that year were in the process of a divorce,[58] which was finalized in 2006.[4]

At the 2005 World AIDS Day "dream cast" concert of The Secret Garden, she met actor Steven Pasquale. They married in September 2007 and mutually filed for divorce in July 2013.[59][60]

On June 12, 2015, she became engaged to Patrick Brown.[61] They married on November 15, 2015.[62] In 2017, they had a daughter, Ella.[63] A second daughter, Louisa, was born via surrogate in 2022.[64]

On April 7, 2023, Benanti announced that she had suffered a miscarriage while on stage at a Broadway themed cruise. Knowing she was having the miscarriage, she continued to perform saying that "if it had been our first loss, or even our second, I likely wouldn't have been able to go on […] but unfortunately I am not a stranger to the pain and emptiness of losing a pregnancy".[65]

Discography Edit

Year Title Record label
2013 In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention Broadway Records[66][67]
2020 Laura Benanti Masterworks Broadway

Theatre Edit

Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Sound of Music A Postulant Broadway
1998–99 Maria Von Trapp Broadway replacement
1999 Swing! Performer Broadway
2000 Wonderful Town Eileen Sherwood Encores!
2002 Into the Woods Cinderella Ahmanson Theatre
Broadway
2003 Nine Claudia Nardi Broadway
The Violet Hour Rosamund Plinth Broadway replacement
2004 A Little Night Music Anne Los Angeles Opera
2004 Pippin Catherine World AIDS Day Benefit
2005 The Secret Garden Lily Craven World AIDS Day Benefit
2006 The Wedding Singer Julia Sullivan Broadway
2007 Gypsy Louise Encores!
2008–09 Broadway
2009 Why Torture Is Wrong, And The People Who Love Them Felicity Off-Broadway
2009–10 In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) Mrs. Givings Broadway
2010–11 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Candela Broadway
2013 I Am Harvey Milk The Soprano San Francisco
The Tempest Goddess Off-Broadway
2014 The Most Happy Fella Rosabella Encores!
2015 Parade Lucille Frank Avery Fisher Hall
New York Spring Spectacular Jenna Radio City Music Hall
2016 She Loves Me Amalia Balash Broadway
2017–18 Meteor Shower Laura Broadway
2018–19 My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Broadway replacement
2023 Love Letters Melissa Gardner Irish Repertory Theatre

Filmography Edit

Film Edit

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Take the Lead Tina
2006 Falling for Grace Alexandra
2010 Meskada Allison Connor
2016 She Loves Me Amalia Balash Recorded live on Broadway, airing in cinemas[68]
2020 Worth Karen Abate
2021 Here Today[69] Francine Burnz
2021 Tick, Tick... Boom! Judy Wright
2023 No Hard Feelings Allison Becker
TBA Goodrich Filming
TBA The Shade Renee Beckman Post Production

Television Edit

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Starved Billie Frasier 7 episodes
2008 Eli Stone Beth Keller 5 episodes
2009 Life on Mars Denise Carling Episode: "Home Is Where You Hand Your Holster"
2010 Open Books June Television film
2011 The Big C Gia Sherman Episode: "Fight or Flight"
2011 The Playboy Club Carol-Lynne Cunningham 7 episodes
2011–14 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Maria Grazie 9 episodes
2012–13 Go On Lauren Bennett 22 episodes
2013 It Could Be Worse Kendra Episode: "What's Your Secret?"
2013 Royal Pains Shelby Shackleford 8 episodes
2013 Elementary Anne Barker / Abigail Spencer Episode: "Poison Pen"
2013 The Sound of Music Live! Elsa Schrader Television special
2014–15 The Good Wife Renata Ellard 2 episodes
2014 Nurse Jackie Mia Peyton 7 episodes
2014–15 Nashville Sadie Stone 15 episodes
2015–16 Supergirl Alura Zor-El / Astra In-Ze 10 episodes
2016–23 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Melania Trump Recurring[70][71][72][73]
2017–19 The Detour Edie Randall 21 episodes
2017 Tangled: Before Ever After Lady Caine (voice) Television film
2017–19 Tangled: The Series Lady Caine (voice) 2 episodes
2018–21 Younger Quinn Tyler Recurring role; 18 episodes
2018 Beat Bobby Flay Herself Guest host; Episode: "Stealing the Spotlight"
2020 At Home with Amy Sedaris Pipper Episode: "Babies"
2020 Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 Herself Documentary special; also executive producer
2021 Ziwe Jane / Fake Ziwe 2 episodes
2021–23 Gossip Girl Kiki Hope 11 episodes[74]
2022 Life & Beth Jane 7 episodes
2022 Inside Amy Schumer Laura 2 episodes
2022 Would I Lie to You? (US) Herself Episode: "Show Goat"

Awards and nominations Edit

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2000 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Swing! Nominated
2002 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Into the Woods Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
2003 Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nine Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
2008 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Gypsy Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won
2010 Drama League Award Distinguished Performance In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Play Nominated
2011 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won
2016 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical She Loves Me Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Guest Starring Role on Television Supergirl Nominated
2018 Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Meteor Shower Nominated

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Laura Ilene Benanti nee Vidnovic born July 13 1979 1 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 Benanti then appeared in the Broadway musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 2010 winning the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical She played Elsa Schrader in the 2013 NBC television production of The Sound of Music Live and in 2015 began playing twin sisters Alura and Astra in the TV series Supergirl Benanti appeared as Edie Randall in the TBS comedy The Detour from 2017 until the show s cancellation in 2019 Since 2016 she has had a recurring role as First Lady Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Laura BenantiBenanti in 2012 Drama League Benefit GalaBornLaura Ilene Vidnovic 1979 07 13 July 13 1979 age 44 New York City U S Occupation s Actress singerYears active1998 presentNotable creditsGypsyWomen on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownSpousesChris Barron m 2005 div 2006 wbr Steven Pasquale m 2007 div 2013 wbr Patrick Brown m 2015 wbr Children2Websitewww wbr laurabenanti wbr com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Theatre 2 2 Television and film 2 3 Recordings 2 3 1 Solo recordings 2 3 2 Broadway recordings 2 3 3 Studio and concert recordings 2 3 4 Soundtracks 3 Personal life 4 Discography 5 Theatre 6 Filmography 6 1 Film 6 2 Television 7 Awards and nominations 8 References 9 External linksEarly life EditBenanti was born in New York City to Linda Wonneberger a vocal coach and former actress and Martin Vidnovic a Broadway actor and singer 2 She is of Serbian 3 German and Irish heritage 4 Her parents divorced when she was young She soon moved to Kinnelon New Jersey with her mother and stepfather Salvatore Benanti a psychotherapist whose name she took and whom she refers to as her father 2 5 Benanti remembers being very serious and a bit of an ugly duckling as a child she was intensely interested in musical theatre saying she came out of the womb as a 40 year old She was particularly interested in the music of Stephen Sondheim at an early age and distanced herself from other children 5 6 In 2008 Benanti told The New York Times that she drew on this loneliness in her portrayal of the neglected Louise in Gypsy 6 Though her parents refused to let Laura audition for professional theatre Laura appeared in several high school and community productions including Evita as Peron s mistress Follies as Young Heidi and Into the Woods as Cinderella 4 At 16 Benanti played the title role in her high school production of Hello Dolly and won a Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award for Outstanding Actress in a high school production 7 She graduated from Kinnelon High School in 1997 7 Career EditTheatre Edit In 1998 Paper Mill s then artistic director Robert Johanson recommended Benanti for the role of Liesl in a Broadway revival of The Sound of Music She auditioned for the show s producers and was considered too mature looking to play Liesl but after several call backs was signed at the age of 18 to play one of the nuns and to understudy Rebecca Luker as Maria Benanti played the role for two weeks while Luker was on vacation and at 19 took over the role when Luker left the production 2 Michael Buckley of Playbill later wrote that Benanti was an absolutely wonderful Maria As do others I believe that had she opened in the show Benanti would have been an overnight sensation 4 When she was cast in The Sound of Music Benanti had attended New York University for two weeks the dean recommended she go on leave to take the job 8 In 1999 Benanti appeared in the Broadway revue Swing for which she received a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical In 2000 she co starred with Donna Murphy in the critically acclaimed New York City Center Encores concert production of the Leonard Bernstein Betty Comden Adolph Green musical Wonderful Town In 2002 Benanti played Cinderella a role she had played as a teenager in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods and received both a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical During a mid performance pratfall in Into the Woods Benanti fractured her neck herniating two discs directly onto her spinal cord and cutting off spinal fluid a condition that sometimes leads to paralysis 4 6 The injury was misdiagnosed and Into the Woods producers asked Benanti not to mention her injury when she began missing performances due to neck problems rumors spread that Benanti was behaving unprofessionally something that she called really hurtful She said I had a serious injury and there was absolutely no way I could have done the show I tried to I tried to go back and do it but I physically couldn t 9 Benanti was eventually replaced in the show by Erin Dilly Eight months after her initial injury Benanti was rediagnosed and received surgery that could have damaged her voice but was successful though as of 2005 she still experienced neck pain and myelopathy 4 6 Three weeks after undergoing spinal surgery Benanti started previews in March 2003 for the Broadway revival of Nine in which she played Claudia a movie star who inspires Guido a director played by Antonio Banderas 6 She left the show in September 2003 Benanti appeared in the World AIDS Day concerts of Pippin Children of Eden and The Secret Garden 10 11 12 From April to December 2006 she played Julia Sullivan in the Broadway musical The Wedding Singer 13 In July 2007 Benanti played in a three week limited run of the musical Gypsy in the Encores staged concert production at the New York City Center as Louise alongside Patti LuPone as Rose and Boyd Gaines as Herbie In March 2008 the production transferred to Broadway where it ran until January 2009 and received widespread critical acclaim Benanti s performance as Louise was praised with The New York Times s Ben Brantley declaring it the performance of her career 14 She won several awards including a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Benanti appeared in The Public Theater s world premiere production of Christopher Durang s play Why Torture Is Wrong And the People Who Love Them from April 6 to 26 2009 15 She next appeared in the Lincoln Center Theater s production of Sarah Ruhl s In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play beginning previews on October 22 2009 and opening on November 19 2009 at the Lyceum Theatre 16 Benanti appeared in the new musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown on Broadway from October 8 2010 until January 2 2011 She received a Tony nomination and won the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance 17 In June 2013 Benanti performed as the soprano soloist in the San Francisco premiere of Andrew Lippa s oratorio I Am Harvey Milk 18 She played Goddess in The Public Theater s musical adaptation of The Tempest which was presented at the Delacorte Theatre from September 6 through 8 2013 19 From April 2 through 6 2014 Benanti starred as Rosabella in the New York City Center Encores staged concert production of Frank Loesser s The Most Happy Fella alongside Shuler Hensley Cheyenne Jackson Jay Armstrong Johnson and Heidi Blickenstaff 20 On February 16 2015 Benanti played Lucille Frank in the Manhattan Concert Productions presentation of Parade at Avery Fisher Hall alongside Jeremy Jordan as Leo Frank 21 She appeared in New York Spring Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall from March 12 through May 7 2015 22 Benanti starred in the lead role of Amalia Balash in the 2016 Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway revival of She Loves Me opposite Zachary Levi The production began previews at Studio 54 on February 19 2016 and opened on March 17 for a limited engagement through July 10 23 24 25 She received a nomination for Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this role In 2017 Benanti once again appeared on Broadway in Steve Martin s Meteor Shower along with Keegan Michael Key as Gerald Amy Schumer as Corky and Jeremy Shamos as Norm The play premiered on Broadway on November 1 2017 in previews officially on November 29 2017 at the Booth Theatre The play closed on January 21 2018 26 Benanti replaced Lauren Ambrose as Eliza Doolittle in the Broadway Lincoln Center Theater revival of My Fair Lady beginning October 23 2018 for a limited run through February 17 2019 except for Tuesday nights with Kerstin Anderson in the role 27 Benanti extended her appearance in the musical to July 7 2019 28 Television and film Edit In addition to stage roles Benanti was a regular on the short lived FX sitcom Starved 2005 which received mixed reviews 29 30 but Benanti described it as a good experience I got a lot of camera experience which was something I just hadn t had 9 In 2006 she appeared in two films Take the Lead in which she reunited with her Nine co star Antonio Banderas 31 and Falling for Grace as Princess Alexandra 32 33 In 2008 Benanti had a recurring role on the ABC television series Eli Stone She appeared in the pilot for the TV show as well 34 35 In 2011 she was cast in the NBC series The Playboy Club which was canceled after three episodes 36 Benanti played the wife of Dr Atticus Sherman on Episode 11 of Season Two of The Big C entitled Fight Or Flight 37 In 2011 and 2012 Benanti had a recurring role on Law amp Order Special Victims Unit as Detective Nick Amaro s wife 38 Benanti played the role of Lauren Bennett a leader of a support group on the NBC series Go On 39 Go On was canceled in May 2013 after one season 40 She had a recurring role on the USA series Royal Pains 41 On October 17 2013 Benanti appeared in an episode of Elementary on CBS 42 She also appeared in Nurse Jackie and The Good Wife 43 44 On December 5 2013 Benanti played Elsa Schrader in the NBC production of The Sound of Music Live 45 46 In 2014 she was cast as country singer Sadie Stone in the ABC musical drama series Nashville for its third season recording and performing several songs during her arc 47 In 2015 she joined the cast of Supergirl where she has a recurring role as Alura In Ze Zor El s wife and mother of Kara 48 and Alura s twin sister General Astra who wants to take over Earth as its new ruler and destroy her niece Kara 49 In July 2017 it was announced that Benanti would not return to the series for its third season due to her work schedule and that Erica Durance would assume the role of Alura 50 Benanti guest starred as Edie a United States Postal Service inspector in the second season of The Detour and was later promoted to a series regular for season three 51 On July 19 2016 Benanti first impersonated Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during the run up to that year s U S presidential election 52 a role she reprised in subsequent appearances on that show 53 In 2019 she joined the cast of Younger playing the role of businesswoman and author Quinn Tyler In 2021 Benanti played the role of Francine in the film Here Today co written and directed by Billy Crystal starring Crystal and Tiffany Haddish Recordings Edit Benanti can be heard on the original cast albums of each of her Broadway roles as well as compilation albums of Stephen Schwartz and Maury Yeston She participated in a studio cast recording of Rodgers and Hammerstein s Allegro which was released by Sony Classics in February 2009 She also appears as a guest artist on the Gay Men s Chorus of Washington D C s live album You ve Got to Be Carefully Taught The Songs of Hammerstein amp Sondheim taken from a 2002 performance at the Kennedy Center A songwriter and guitarist Benanti has written songs privately since at least the early 2000s 5 in 2005 she said that she was working on a folk rock solo CD though Musical theatre is my first love I want to take my music and orchestrate it in a kind of old fashioned style and take some standards and popularize them do a true crossover I m working on it 4 In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention a live recording of Benanti s concert engagement at 54 Below was released by Broadway Records in September 2013 54 Benanti released her self titled first solo album in 2020 55 Solo recordings Edit In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention Live at 54 Below 2013 I Like Musicals Single 2016 Laura Benanti 2020 Broadway recordings Edit The Sound of Music 1998 Broadway Revival Cast Recording Swing 1998 Original Broadway Cast Recording Into the Woods 2002 Broadway Revival Cast Recording Nine 2003 Broadway Revival Cast Recording The Wedding Singer 2006 Original Broadway Cast Recording Gypsy 2008 Broadway Revival Cast Recording Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 2011 Original Broadway Cast Recording She Loves Me 2016 Revival Cast Recording Songs From My Fair Lady 2019 Revival EP Recording Studio and concert recordings Edit The Stephen Schwartz Album 1999 Studio Recording The Maury Yeston Songbook 2003 Studio Recording NEO New Emerging Outstanding 2003 Concert Recording You ve Got To Be Carefully Taught The Songs of Sondheim amp Hammerstein 2003 Gay Men s Chorus Of Washington D C Recording Hair 2004 Concert Recording Wall to Wall Stephen Sondheim 2006 Concert Recording Allegro 2008 Studio Recording A Little Princess 2010 Studio Recording Songs from Amberland Edie s Reckoning 2022 Single RecordingSoundtracks Edit The Sound of Music Live Music from the NBC Television Event 2013 Soundtrack The Music of Nashville Season 3 Volume 1 2014 Soundtrack contributed 3 tracks Can t Help My Heart with Will Chase Sad Song and Novocaine with Jonathan Jackson The Music of Nashville Season 3 Volume 2 2015 Soundtrack contributed 1 track Gasoline and Matches with Connie Britton 56 57 Personal life EditBenanti met Chris Barron lead singer of the Spin Doctors in the early 2000s They married on July 25 2005 but by the end of that year were in the process of a divorce 58 which was finalized in 2006 4 At the 2005 World AIDS Day dream cast concert of The Secret Garden she met actor Steven Pasquale They married in September 2007 and mutually filed for divorce in July 2013 59 60 On June 12 2015 she became engaged to Patrick Brown 61 They married on November 15 2015 62 In 2017 they had a daughter Ella 63 A second daughter Louisa was born via surrogate in 2022 64 On April 7 2023 Benanti announced that she had suffered a miscarriage while on stage at a Broadway themed cruise Knowing she was having the miscarriage she continued to perform saying that if it had been our first loss or even our second I likely wouldn t have been able to go on but unfortunately I am not a stranger to the pain and emptiness of losing a pregnancy 65 Discography EditYear Title Record label2013 In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention Broadway Records 66 67 2020 Laura Benanti Masterworks BroadwayTheatre EditYear Title Role Notes1998 The Sound of Music A Postulant Broadway1998 99 Maria Von Trapp Broadway replacement1999 Swing Performer Broadway2000 Wonderful Town Eileen Sherwood Encores 2002 Into the Woods Cinderella Ahmanson TheatreBroadway2003 Nine Claudia Nardi BroadwayThe Violet Hour Rosamund Plinth Broadway replacement2004 A Little Night Music Anne Los Angeles Opera2004 Pippin Catherine World AIDS Day Benefit2005 The Secret Garden Lily Craven World AIDS Day Benefit2006 The Wedding Singer Julia Sullivan Broadway2007 Gypsy Louise Encores 2008 09 Broadway2009 Why Torture Is Wrong And The People Who Love Them Felicity Off Broadway2009 10 In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play Mrs Givings Broadway2010 11 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Candela Broadway2013 I Am Harvey Milk The Soprano San FranciscoThe Tempest Goddess Off Broadway2014 The Most Happy Fella Rosabella Encores 2015 Parade Lucille Frank Avery Fisher HallNew York Spring Spectacular Jenna Radio City Music Hall2016 She Loves Me Amalia Balash Broadway2017 18 Meteor Shower Laura Broadway2018 19 My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Broadway replacement2023 Love Letters Melissa Gardner Irish Repertory TheatreFilmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes2006 Take the Lead Tina2006 Falling for Grace Alexandra2010 Meskada Allison Connor2016 She Loves Me Amalia Balash Recorded live on Broadway airing in cinemas 68 2020 Worth Karen Abate2021 Here Today 69 Francine Burnz2021 Tick Tick Boom Judy Wright2023 No Hard Feelings Allison BeckerTBA Goodrich FilmingTBA The Shade Renee Beckman Post ProductionTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes2005 Starved Billie Frasier 7 episodes2008 Eli Stone Beth Keller 5 episodes2009 Life on Mars Denise Carling Episode Home Is Where You Hand Your Holster 2010 Open Books June Television film2011 The Big C Gia Sherman Episode Fight or Flight 2011 The Playboy Club Carol Lynne Cunningham 7 episodes2011 14 Law amp Order Special Victims Unit Maria Grazie 9 episodes2012 13 Go On Lauren Bennett 22 episodes2013 It Could Be Worse Kendra Episode What s Your Secret 2013 Royal Pains Shelby Shackleford 8 episodes2013 Elementary Anne Barker Abigail Spencer Episode Poison Pen 2013 The Sound of Music Live Elsa Schrader Television special2014 15 The Good Wife Renata Ellard 2 episodes2014 Nurse Jackie Mia Peyton 7 episodes2014 15 Nashville Sadie Stone 15 episodes2015 16 Supergirl Alura Zor El Astra In Ze 10 episodes2016 23 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Melania Trump Recurring 70 71 72 73 2017 19 The Detour Edie Randall 21 episodes2017 Tangled Before Ever After Lady Caine voice Television film2017 19 Tangled The Series Lady Caine voice 2 episodes2018 21 Younger Quinn Tyler Recurring role 18 episodes2018 Beat Bobby Flay Herself Guest host Episode Stealing the Spotlight 2020 At Home with Amy Sedaris Pipper Episode Babies 2020 Homeschool Musical Class of 2020 Herself Documentary special also executive producer2021 Ziwe Jane Fake Ziwe 2 episodes2021 23 Gossip Girl Kiki Hope 11 episodes 74 2022 Life amp Beth Jane 7 episodes2022 Inside Amy Schumer Laura 2 episodes2022 Would I Lie to You US Herself Episode Show Goat Awards and nominations EditYear Award Category Nominated work Result2000 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Swing Nominated2002 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Into the Woods NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated2003 Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nine NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated2008 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Gypsy WonDrama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical WonDrama League Award Distinguished Performance NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won2010 Drama League Award Distinguished Performance In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Play Nominated2011 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical WonDrama League Award Distinguished Performance NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won2016 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical She Loves Me NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical NominatedDrama League Award Distinguished Performance NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical NominatedSaturn Awards Best Guest Starring Role on Television Supergirl Nominated2018 Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Meteor Shower NominatedReferences Edit Birthday Laura Benanti 13 July 2015 a b c Rosati Nancy Spotlight on Laura Benanti Archived 2006 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Archived 2006 10 29 at the Wayback Machine Talkin Broadway 2006 Retrieved on 2008 06 30 Jones Kenneth Benanti Murney Harada Lewis Star in Children of Eden Benefit Concert Dec 1 in NYC Archived 2016 08 05 at the Wayback Machine Playbill com November 18 2003 Murray Matthew Full Cast Announced for Pippin Concert to Benefit National AIDS Fund Archived 2016 08 09 at the Wayback Machine Theatermania com November 1 2004 Portantiere Michael Arden Benanti Keenan Bolger Mann et al Will Perform The Secret Garden in Concert for World AIDS Day Archived 2016 08 09 at the Wayback Machine Theatermania com October 12 2005 Gans Andrew The Wedding Is Off New Musical Wedding Singer to Close in December Archived 2006 11 08 at the Wayback Machine Playbill com 2006 10 25 Retrieved on 2008 06 29 Brantley Ben Curtain Up It s Patti s Turn at Gypsy Archived 2008 06 26 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times March 3 2008 Retrieved on 2008 06 29 Itzkoff Dave 12 February 2009 Anne Hathaway to Star in Twelfth 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