Laura Benanti Bio | Wiki
Laura Benanti ( Full name: Laura Ilene Benanti) is an American singer and actress. Over the course of her Broadway career, Laura has received five Tony Award nominations. In the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, Laura played Louise and won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2010 she appeared in the Broadway musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
From the performance, Laura won the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Also, Laure played Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC tv production of The Sound of Music Live. In 2015, she started playing twin sisters Alura and Astra in the TV series called Supergirl. Laura appeared as Edie Randall in the TBS comedy called The Detour from 2017 until the was canceled in 2019. Since 2016, Laura has had a recurring role on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert the former First Lady Melania Trump.
Laura Benanti Age
She was born on July 15, 1979, in New York City, New York, United States of America. Laura is 43 years old.
Laura Benanti Height
She is a woman of above-average stature. Laura stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in ( Approx 1.73m).
Laura Benanti Family
She was born to her parents Linda Wonneberger and Martin Vidnovic in New York City, New York, United States of America. Linda was a vocal coach and former actress, while Martin was a Broadway actor and singer. Laurs is of Serbian, German, and Irish heritage. However, her parents divorced when she was still a young girl and her mother remarried. Laura moved to Kinnelon, New Jersey, with her mother and her psychotherapist stepfather called Salvatore Benanti. She assumed her stepfather’s name and has since then referred to him as her father
Laura Benanti Husband
She met her husband Chris Barron in the early 2000s. He is a lead singer of the Spin Doctors. The couple walked down the aisle on July 25, 2005. However, they went through a terrible divorce and divorced in 2006. Just a year after their big wedding. During the World AIDS Day “dream cast” concert of The Secret Garden in 2005, Laura met actor Steven Pasquale and married him in September 2007.
On July 8, 2013, they made the statement that they were divorcing but remain loving and committed friends. On June 12, 2015, Laura became engaged to Patrick Brown and married him on November 15, 2015. She later gave birth to a daughter called Ella Rose on February 14, 2017.
Laura Benanti Album
She can be heard on the original cast albums of each of her Broadway roles, and compilation albums of Stephen Schwartz and Maury Yeston. Laura took part in a studio cast recording of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Allegro. The recording was released in February 2009 by Sony Classics. Also, she appears as a guest artist on the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C.’s live album titled You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught: The Songs of Hammerstein & Sondheim, taken from a 2002 performance
Laura has also written songs privately since the early 2000s. In 2005, she stated that she was working on a folk-rock solo CD. A live recording of Laura’s concert engagement at 54 Below, was released by Broadway Records in September 2013 in Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention. In 2020, Laura released her self-titled first solo album
Laura Benanti Tony
She has received five Tony Award nominations. In the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, Laura played Louise and won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2010 she appeared in the Broadway musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and won the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Laura Benanti Supergirl | Melania
She played Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC tv production of The Sound of Music Live. In 2015, she started playing twin sisters Alura and Astra in the TV series called Supergirl. Laura appeared as Edie Randall in the TBS comedy called The Detour from 2017 until the was canceled in 2019. Since 2016, Laura has had a recurring role on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert the former First Lady Melania Trump.
Laura Benanti Musicals
– The Sound of Music (1998 – Broadway Revival Cast Recording)
Swing!
– 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)
Laura Benanti Movies And Tv Shows
-2006 Take the Lead as Tina
-2006 Falling for Grace as Alexandra
-2010 Meskada as Allison Connor
-2014 Russian Broadway Shut Down as Sophia the Cosmonaut
-2016 She Loves Me as Amalia Balash
-2020 Worth as Karen Abate
-2021 Here Today[66] as Francine
Laura Benanti Net Worth
She is an American actress who has amassed a lot of wealth from her acting and musical career. Laura has an estimated net worth of $1,793,0725.
How Old Is Laura Benanti
Laura is a 43-year-old American singer and actress who was born on July 15, 1979, in New York City, New York, United States of America.
Who Is Laura Benanti
Laura is an American singer and actress. Over the course of her Broadway career, Laura has received five Tony Award nominations. In the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, Laura played Louise and won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.