Tony-Winner Laura Benanti Signs with Deraney Public Relations

Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti as signed with Deraney Public Relations. Laura, who won a Tony Award for the Patti Lupone-led revival of GYPSY, is set to begin her reported 10-episode run as songbird Sadie Stone in the hit ABC series NASHVILLE.

Recently, Laura appeared in recurring roles on NURSE JACKIE and THE GOOD WIFE. She has also appeared on television in THE PLAYBOY CLUB, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, GO ON!, ROYAL PAINS, ELI STONE, and more. She also drew rave reviews as Elsa Schrader in THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE! on NBC last December.

Laura first appeared on Broadway in 1998 in the revival of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Since, she has also appeared in SWING!; INTO THE WOODS; NINE; THE WEDDING SINGER; IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY; and WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, earning four Tony nominations. She was most recently seen on stage starring in the City Center Encores production of the THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.

Benanti signed on by CAA last spring, is managed by Emily Gerson Saines at Brookside Artist Management.

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