(Actor) won a Tony® Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Louise in the revival of Gypsy with Patti LuPone. She can currently be seen starring as Eliza Doolittle in the Lincoln Center’s revival of My Fair Lady. Laura often makes appearances as Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and she also recently completed her Broadway run in Meteor Shower. Laura also recently starred in Radio City Music Hall’s New York Spring Spectacular and appeared in Parade with Manhattan Concert Production at Lincoln Center in the role of Lucille Frank. Her other Broadway credits include Amalia Balash in She Loves Me (2016 Tony® nomination, Outer Critics nomination, Drama League nomination and Drama Desk Award nomination) Candela in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony® nomination, Drama Desk Award winner), Mrs. Givings in In the Next Room (Outer Critics Circle, Drama League nominations), Claudia in Nine (Outer Critics Circle and Drama League nominations), Cinderella in Into the Woods (Tony®, Drama Desk, L.A. Ovation nominations), Performer in Swing! (Tony® nomination), Maria in The Sound of Music, and Julia in The Wedding Singer. Laura is also well known for her portrayal of the Baroness, Elsa Schraeder, in NBC’s The Sound of Music Live!. Off-Broadway: Chris Durang’s Why Torture Is Wrong (Public); Wonderful Town, Gypsy (both at Encores!); Time and Again (MTC). Regional: A Little Night Music (L.A. Opera), A Winter’s Tale (Williamstown), Jane Eyre and Man of La Mancha (Paper Mill Playhouse). Film: Meskada, Falling for Grace, Take the Lead. TV: Younger, Supergirl, Nashville (ABC), The Playboy Club (CBS), Starved (Fox), Eli Stone and Life on Mars (ABC). www.laurabenanti.com

Read about some of Laura’s work with Broadway Artists Alliance on BroadwayWorld.com!