Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti is an American actress and singer. She played Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, winning the Tony Award, and 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 appears as Edie in the TBS comedy The Detour.

Guest Appearances

June 29, 2023

Beverly Ginsberg is BACK and LIVE at the Bellhouse in Brooklyn to wrap up Pride Month. Bev is joined by her ex-neighbor’s daughter, Spaghettios who’s here to keep her in check.

March 27, 2018

Casey and Danielle sing and dance their way to Broadway (adjacent!). Here is a condensed version of the show featuring TONY MF AWARD WINNER Laura Benanti. She talks doing Lu’s cabaret, Nanny Kay, Pink Dog and lowers herself to sing with Casey and Danielle. (The rest of the show can be seen on tour)