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.