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Laura Benanti
Laura Ilene Benanti (born Laura Ilene Vidnovic; July 15, 1979) 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 stage 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 Baroness 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. Beginning in 2017, Benanti appeared as Edie Randall in the TBS comedy The Detour. Since 2016, she has had a recurring role as First Lady Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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Born
1979-07-15
Birth Place
New York City, New York, U.S.
Famous As
Actress, singer
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Spouse(s)
Chris Barron ​ ​ ( m.  2005; div.  2006) ​ Steven Pasquale ​ ​ ( m.  2007; div.  2013) ​ Patrick Brown ​ ​ ( m.  2015) ​
Children
1
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Broadway star Laura Benanti welcomes second daughter via surrogate

Laura Benanti has welcomed her second daughter via surrogate. The Broadway star revealed the exciting news via Instagram over the weekend, sharing two sweet pics of her and husband Patrick Brown’s precious baby girl. “Please welcome to the world Louisa Georgia Benanti-Brown,” the “Younger” actress, 42, captioned her post....
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‘Younger’ Alum Laura Benanti and Her Husband Patrick Brown Welcome 2nd Daughter Via Surrogate

Oh, baby! Laura Benanti and her husband, Patrick Brown, have welcomed their second child together. “Please welcome to the world Louisa Georgia Benanti-Brown. On July 9th at 2:43am we were blessed with the arrival of our second daughter,” the Younger alum, 42, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, July 9, sharing a snap of her two children. “Like many, the journey towards growing our family has had many challenges.”
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Review: Laura Benanti in Concert at the Lesher Center for the Arts Delivered Heart, Humor and High Notes

From BroadwayWorld.com | by Jim Munson Jun. 29, 2022. In this current Golden Age for musical theater sopranos (see Audra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara and Kristin Chenoweth just for starters), what really sets Laura Benanti apart is her uncanny ease in front of an audience. While it is an unmitigated pleasure to experience Ms. Benanti's talents in a fully-staged musical truly inhabiting a character's emotional journey and trilling out high notes like nobody's business, she is equally wonderful just being herself onstage. Benanti has such a natural rapport with the audience that it feels like she is inviting us into her world with a spirit of "Come on, let's have some fun together!"
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‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 Adds Laura Benanti, Robert Sean Leonard & More

The Gilded Age has just added several new cast members to its Season 2 roster, according to a report from Deadline. The HBO series that follows the exploits of New York high society during the turn of the century already boasts a resplendent cast of Broadway and television actors including Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski.
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‘The Gilded Age’ Adds Laura Benanti, Robert Sean Leonard & More Recurring Guest Stars, Reveals New Clues About Season 2

Click here to read the full article. EXCLUSIVE: HBO’s The Gilded Age is adding two more Tony winners to its cast for Season 2. Laura Benanti and Robert Sean Leonard are set to recur on the period drama, created, written and executive produced by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. Also joining Season 2 as recurring guest stars are Christopher Denham, David Furr, Ben Lamb, Matilda Lawler, Dakin Mathews, Michael Braugher, and Nicole Brydon Bloom, with Rebeca Haden, who briefly appeared in Season 1 will be back for a full-blown recurring role as the mysterious Flora McNeil. Benanti and Leonard join a formidable roster...
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The Gilded Age Adds Laura Benanti, Robert Sean Leonard and 9 Others to Ever-Expanding Cast of Season 2

Click here to read the full article. A House vet and a Broadway superstar are among the latest additions to the cast of HBO’s The Gilded Age, our sister site Deadline reports. Robert Sean Leonard will recur in Season 2 as Reverend Matthew Forte, described as a “jovial, congenial” transplant from Boston. Professionally, he’s the “new rector of the church attended by all the highest New York society.” Oh, to be a fly on the wall during those confessionals. Additionally, Laura Benanti will recur as Susan Blane, a glamorous (and recently widowed) Newport heiress who hires Larry as her architect for a...
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Laura Benanti and Robert Sean Leonard are among nine joining The Gilded Age

Benanti and Leonard are the latest Tony winners to join an HBO cast that is full of them. They'll appear in recurring roles. Also recurring are Christopher Denham, David Furr, Ben Lamb, Matilda Lawler, Dakin Mathews, Michael Braugher and Nicole Brydon Bloom. Rebeca Haden, who briefly appeared in Season 1 will be back for a full-blown recurring role as the mysterious Flora McNeil.
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