Laura Benanti shares story of miscarrying while performing
Broadway star Laura Benanti has been vocal about her experience of pregnancy loss and erasing the stigma of miscarriage

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Laura Benanti, the Tony Award-winning Broadway star who has appeared in shows like Supergirl and as Melania Trump on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, has long been an advocate for erasing the stigma of miscarriage. As such, she shared on her Instagram on Wednesday that she lost her most recent pregnancy, something that occurred in part while she was performing on the Broadway Cruise.
“On Monday April 3rd, I performed on stage for 2000 people while having a miscarriage,” Benanti wrote on Instagram. “I knew it was happening. It started slowly the night before. If it had been our first loss, or even our second, I likely wouldn’t have been able to go on. But unfortunately, I am not a stranger to the pain and emptiness of losing a pregnancy.”