---
name: "Laura Benanti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laura-benanti"
fi1m_id: "laura-benanti"
imdb_id: "nm1128574"
tmdb_id: 60034
wikidata_id: "Q195129"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 July 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T04:03:47.050577+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Laura Benanti

## Identity

Laura Benanti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laura-benanti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laura-benanti
- **IMDb ID:** nm1128574
- **TMDB ID:** 60034
- **Wikidata ID:** Q195129
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Benanti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q195129, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1128574/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60034

Actor. Born 15 July 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 July 1979, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** Laura Ilene Benanti, لورا بنانتی, Laura Ilene Vidnovic, Laura Vidnovic
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Benanti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q195129, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1128574/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60034

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*tick, tick... BOOM!*](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*No Hard Feelings*](https://film.one/film/no-hard-feelings.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Laura Benanti is an American actress and singer. Born in New York City on 15 July 1979, she began her career on Broadway, making her debut in the 1998 revival of *The Sound of Music* and later winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Louise in the 2008 revival of *Gypsy*. She has received five Tony nominations in total for her stage work.

On screen, Benanti has appeared in films including *Take the Lead* (2006), *Worth* (2021), *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021) and *No Hard Feelings* (2023), in which she played Allison Becker. Her television credits include roles in *Nashville* (2014–2015), *Supergirl* (2015–2016) as Alura Zor-El and Astra, *The Detour* (2017–2019) and a recurring impression of Melania Trump on *The Late Show with Stephen Colbert* since 2016.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *No Hard Feelings* (2023), Fi1m 61, as Allison Becker — [page](https://film.one/film/no-hard-feelings.md)
- *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), Fi1m 72, as Judy — [page](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *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), series, as Nadine Clay
- *No Hard Feelings* (2023), as Allison Becker — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/no-hard-feelings.md)
- *The Gilded Age* (2022), series, as Susan Blane
- *Slugfest* (2021), series, as Louise Simonson
- *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021), series, as Cindy Stephens
- *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), as Judy — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md)
- *Worth* (2021), as Karen Donato
- *Gossip Girl* (2021), series, as Kiki Hope
- *Here Today* (2021), as Francine
- *Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020* (2020), Producer
- *Laura Benanti: Live From the West Side* (2020), Actor
- *Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure* (2017), series, as Lady Caine (voice)
- *Tangled: Before Ever After* (2017), as Lady Caine (voice)
- *Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale* (2016), as Melania Trump
- *She Loves Me* (2016), as Amalia
- *The Detour* (2016), series, as Edie
- *Supergirl* (2015), series, as Alura Zor-El / Astra, Alura Zor-El
- *Younger* (2015), series, as Quinn Tyler
- *Russian Broadway Shut Down* (2014), as Sophia
- *The Sound of Music Live!* (2013), as Baroness Elsa Schrader
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Anne Barker
- *Go On* (2012), series, as Lauren Schneider
- *The Playboy Club* (2011), series, as Bunny Carol-Lynne
- *Meskada* (2010), as Allison Connor
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Renata Ellard — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, as Mia — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *Royal Pains* (2009), series, as Shelby Shackelford
- *Life on Mars* (2008), series, as Denise Carling
- *Eli Stone* (2008), series, as Beth Keller
- *Falling for Grace* (2006), as Alexandra
- *Take the Lead* (2006), as Tina
- *Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards* (2005), as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
- *Starved* (2005), series, as Billie Frasier
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Maria Grazie
- *The Ditch*, Actor
- *Untitled Dan Perlman Project*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Laura Benanti](https://film.one/media/person/16724/gallery-8de23ff74db0.jpg) Laura Benanti — Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Laura_Benanti_2024_%28facecrop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Starring Derek Hough and Larua Benanti](https://film.one/media/person/16724/gallery-f528183145e5.jpg) Starring Derek Hough and Larua Benanti — slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Curtain_Call_for_the_Radio_City_Music_Hall_New_York_Spring_Spectacular_%2816711310200%29.jpg/1280px-Curtain_Call_for_the_Radio_City_Music_Hall_New_York_Spring_Spectacular_%2816711310200%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Starring Derek Hough and Larua Benanti](https://film.one/media/person/16724/gallery-7f5cce236413.jpg) Starring Derek Hough and Larua Benanti — slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Curtain_Call_for_the_Radio_City_Music_Hall_New_York_Spring_Spectacular_%2816712567229%29.jpg/1280px-Curtain_Call_for_the_Radio_City_Music_Hall_New_York_Spring_Spectacular_%2816712567229%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Starring Derek Hough and Larua Benanti](https://film.one/media/person/16724/gallery-6942f4c03702.jpg) Starring Derek Hough and Larua Benanti — slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Curtain_Call_for_the_Radio_City_Music_Hall_New_York_Spring_Spectacular_%2816897724541%29.jpg/1280px-Curtain_Call_for_the_Radio_City_Music_Hall_New_York_Spring_Spectacular_%2816897724541%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Laura Benanti](https://film.one/media/person/16724/gallery-f49e256592b9.jpg) Laura Benanti — Image via TMDB
- ![Laura Benanti. photo by Rob Rich © 2011 robwayne1@aol.com 516-676-3939](https://film.one/media/person/16724/gallery-cd17e2545b74.jpg) Laura Benanti. photo by Rob Rich © 2011 robwayne1@aol.com 516-676-3939 — Drama League from USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Etro_423_%285468134717%29.jpg/1280px-Etro_423_%285468134717%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Boyd Gaines, Laura Benanti. photo by Rob Rich © 2011 robwayne1@aol.com 516-676-3939](https://film.one/media/person/16724/gallery-aa2f33996c19.jpg) Boyd Gaines, Laura Benanti. photo by Rob Rich © 2011 robwayne1@aol.com 516-676-3939 — Drama League from USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Etro_448_%285468135585%29.jpg/1280px-Etro_448_%285468135585%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 2016: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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