Photo FeaturesCelebrate Laura Benanti's Birthday With a Look Back at Her Stage CareerThe Tony Award winner celebrates her birthday July 15.
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Playbill Staff
July 15, 2021
Laura Benanti
Marc J. Franklin
Tony Award winner Laura Benanti celebrates her birthday July 15.
Benanti made her Broadway debut in the 1998 revival of The Sound Of Music as the understudy for Maria before assuming the role full time. Throughout the course of her career, she has starred in Nine, The Wedding Singer,In the Next Room, and more, receiving Tony Award nominations for her work in Swing!, Into the Woods, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and She Loves Me andwinningthe Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony for her performance in Gypsy. She was last seen on Broadway as Eliza Doolittle in Lincoln Center Theater's Tony nominated production of My Fair Lady.
In addition to her stage career, Benanti has appeared on screen on TV shows such as The Playboy Club, Nashville,Supergirl, and TBS' The Detour, and Younger. In 2013, her television work intersected with her theatre roots in The Sound Of Music Live!, where she delivered an acclaimed performance as Elsa Schräder.
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From Gypsy to Eliza: Celebrating the Career of Laura Benanti
From Gypsy to Eliza: Celebrating the Career of Laura Benanti
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Laura Benanti and Richard Chamberlain in The Sound of Music
Laura Benanti in The Sound of Music
Laura Benanti in The Sound of Music
Laura Benanti in Into the Woods
Stephen Lynch and Laura Benanti in The Wedding Singer
