- Born
- Birth nameLaura Ilene Vidnovic
- Nickname
- La-La
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Tony® Award-winner and five-time Tony® Award nominee Laura Benanti is a celebrated stage and screen actress. Benanti currently can be seen as Jane in Amy Schumer's Life & Beth.
Recently, Laura starred in HBO Max's Gossip Girl (2021) reboot and in Netflix's Worth (2020) starring opposite Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci and Amy Ryan, for which Deadline hailing her performance as "awards-worthy."
Additionally, Benanti reprised her role in the final season of the hit TV series Younger (2015) and starred opposite Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish in the comedy film Here Today (2021). She appeared in Lin-Manuel Miranda's awards-favorite, tick, tick... BOOM! (2021), the adaptation of the autobiographical Off-Broadway show written by Jonathan Larson (Rent).
Benanti's other credits include appearing as a guest star on the Showtime series Cinema Toast (2021) created by Jeff Baena and produced by the Duplass Brothers as well as the hit variety show ZIWE (2021) featuring comedian Ziwe Fumudoh. Additionally, Benanti created and executive produced the HBO Max special, Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 (2020), co-authored a children's board book M is for MAMA (and also Merlot): A Modern Mom's ABC's, co-written with Metropolitan Opera Star Kate Mangiameli and released a self-titled studio album for Sony Music Masterworks. The album is comprised of contemporary covers, jazz influenced torch songs and comedic takes on beloved favorites.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Untitled
- SpousesPatrick Brown(November 15, 2015 - present) (2 children)Steven Pasquale(September 16, 2007 - 2013) (divorced)Chris Barron(July 25, 2005 - 2006) (divorced)
- ChildrenElla Rose Benanti-Brown
- ParentsLinda Wonneberger
- Can be heard in the role of Jennie Brinker, the hero's money-hungry wife, in the studio cast recording of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Allegro".
- Her father Martin Vidnovic is an actor. As was mother Linda who is now Laura's vocal coach. Stepfather Sal Benanti is a psychologist.
- Has two daughters Ella Rose (b February 14, 2017) and Louisa Georgia (b. July 9, 2022). with her husband Patrick Brown.
- [on Melissa Benoist] She is so talented and so smart and so funny and so kind and so down to earth and I just cannot say enough good things about her. I really, really love her. And I'm excited for little girls and young women to look up to her because she is a true role model.
- You know when really, really good people become very successful - it makes me feel really happy, because there are so many idiot jerks in the world who are successful. Urgh, why?
- [on Supergirl (2015)] She [Supergirl] has darkness - she's an orphan and she definitely comes up against some dark, evil powers. So I think although her life is a positive life, the world that she then enters when she becomes Supergirl can be pretty dark and creepy. But not so creepy that kids can't watch it. It's a family-friendly... Yeah, a family-friendly creepiness!
- I'll never forget reading the pilot for Glee (2009) and being like, 'Ugh, this is ridiculous'. And then it took over the world! I have terrible taste, apparently. If I read something and I think it's amazing, it will fail.
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