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Laura Benanti

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Laura Benanti
Elsbeth, Worth, Life & Beth, Gilded Age, No Hard Feelings and more...
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Tony® Award-winner and five-time Tony® Award nominee Laura Benanti is a highly celebrated stage and screen actress. Benanti recently co-starred in the hit film NO HARD FEELINGS with Jennifer Lawrence and Matthew Broderick and guest stars in Max's GILDED AGE, Hulu's LIFE & BETH (created by and starring Amy Schumer), and ELSBETH on CBS.

Benanti earned rave reviews for her portrayal of a grieving widow in Netflix's film WORTH, starring opposite Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, and Amy Ryan. She will be seen later this year in the film GOODRICH, opposite Michael Keaton and EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GREAT with Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney.

Ms. Benanti's iconic impression of Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is widely praised. Other TV work includes YOUNGER, ZIWE, GOSSIP GIRL, SUPERGIRL, NASHVILLE and INSIDE AMY SCHUMER (among many others).

In the theater, Ms. Benanti took Broadway by storm at the age of 18 as Maria in THE SOUND OF MUSIC and has subsequently starred in ten more Broadway shows (musicals, straight plays, comedies, and dramas) including INTO THE WOODS, NINE (opposite Antonio Banderas), GYPSY (for which she won a Tony Award), SHE LOVES ME, MY FAIR LADY, and Steve Martin's METEOR SHOWER opposite Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key.

This year, Ms. Benanti debuted her highly celebrated solo comedy show LAURA BENANTI: NOBODY CARES, which she created, wrote, and starred in. This New York Times critic pick is available for streaming on Audible.
BornJuly 15, 1979
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BornJuly 15, 1979
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      • 3 nominations total

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    Known for

    Michael Cera and Amy Schumer in Life & Beth (2022)
    Life & Beth
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Jane
    Andrew Barth Feldman and Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings (2023)
    No Hard Feelings
    6.3
    • Allison Becker
    • 2023
    Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, and Amy Ryan in Worth (2020)
    Worth
    6.8
    • Karen Donato
    • 2020
    Stephen Colbert in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Melania Trump
    • Juror #11
    • Juror 11

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    Actress



    • Everything's Going to Be Great
      • Tallulah Bankhead
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Mayor of Kingstown
      • Cindy Stephens
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • You. Matter.
      • Anisha
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • Amy Schumer, Jillian Bell, Brianne Howey, Lizze Broadway, and Urzila Carlson in Kinda Pregnant (2025)
      Kinda Pregnant
      4.9
      • Daisy's Mom
      • 2025
    • Carrie Preston in Elsbeth (2024)
      Elsbeth
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Nadine Clay
      • 2024
    • Michael Keaton in Goodrich (2024)
      Goodrich
      6.3
      • Naomi
      • 2024
    • Stephen Colbert in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
      The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Melania Trump
      • Juror 11
      • Juror #11
      • 2016–2024
    • Michael Cera and Amy Schumer in Life & Beth (2022)
      Life & Beth
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Jane
      • 2022–2024
    • Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, and Denée Benton in The Gilded Age (2022)
      The Gilded Age
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Susan Blane
      • 2023
    • The Shade (2023)
      The Shade
      4.3
      • Renee Beckman
      • 2023
    • Supreme: The Battle for Roe (2023)
      Supreme: The Battle for Roe
      5.8
      Podcast Series
      • Bea Cuttriss (voice)
      • 2023
    • Andrew Barth Feldman and Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings (2023)
      No Hard Feelings
      6.3
      • Allison Becker
      • 2023
    • Michelle Rojas Is Not Okay (2023)
      Michelle Rojas Is Not Okay
      5.0
      Podcast Series
      • Catherine LaFontaine
      • 2023
    • Radio Play Revival (2021)
      Radio Play Revival
      8.1
      Podcast Series
      • The Narrator (voice)
      • 2023
    • Gossip Girl (2021)
      Gossip Girl
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Katherine 'Kiki' Hope
      • 2021–2023
    • Amy Schumer in Inside Amy Schumer (2013)
      Inside Amy Schumer
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Laura
      • 2022
    • Tomorrow (2021)
      Tomorrow
      Podcast Series
      • Miss Agatha Hannigan
      • 2021
    • Andrew Garfield in tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
      tick, tick... BOOM!
      7.5
      • Judy
      • 2021

    Producer



    • Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 (2020)
      Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
      6.5
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2020

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    • Height
      • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
    • Born
      • July 15, 1979
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Spouses
        Patrick BrownNovember 15, 2015 - present (2 children)
    • Children
      • Ella Rose Benanti-Brown
    • Parents
        Martin Vidnovic
    • Other works
      Stage: Played "Cinderella" in "Into the Woods", a musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine (April 2002, Broadhurst Theater, New York City, New York, USA).
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      • 3 Articles
      • 2 Pictorials
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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      Her father Martin Vidnovic is an actor. As was mother Linda who is now Laura's vocal coach. Stepfather Sal Benanti is a psychologist.
    • Quotes
      [on Melissa Benoist] She is so talented and so smart and so funny and so kind and so down to earth and I just cannot say enough good things about her. I really, really love her. And I'm excited for little girls and young women to look up to her because she is a true role model.
    • Nickname
      • La-La

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