VIDEO: Laura Benanti Returns as 'Melania Trump' for Colbert's Live Election Special

By: Nov. 09, 2016
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Live from Trump Tower, Stephen Colbert had an exclusive interview with Melania Trump (Broadway's Laura Benanti) to discuss her election day vote alongside husband Donald Trump, as well as her new role as First Lady. Colbert brought results of the 2016 Presidential Election between candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on SHOWTIME's special 'Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going To Clean Up This Sh*t?, which aired live last night. Watch the video!

Laura Benanti recently made her return to the Broadway stage along with actor Zachary Levi in a revival of the musical She Loves Me for which she received a Tony nomination.

The Tony Award-winner can currently be seen in the role of Alura Zor-El in theCBS Action Drama, Supergirl. In 2014, she joined the cast of ABC's hit series "Nashville" guest-starring as songbird Sadie Stone. Laura also appeared in recurring roles on CBS's "The Good Wife" and HBO's "Nurse Jackie."

In addition to television work and her critically acclaimed performance as Elsa Schrader in NBC's The Sound of Music LIVE, Ms. Benanti is a highly celebrated, four time Tony Award-nominated stage actress who took Broadway by storm at the age of 18.



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