Denée Benton is a Tony Award-nominated actress who stars as Peggy Scott in the critically acclaimed HBOMax series, “The Gilded Age”. She was last seen in the new Peacock feature film, “GENIE”, and the independent feature, “Our Friend”, which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. She previously starred as ‘Ruby’ in the second season of Lifetime’s acclaimed television series “UnREAL”.

She recently returned to Broadway as Cinderella starring in the hit revival of the Tony Award Winning production of Into The Woods, a role she originated last year in the Encores!, City Center, Production, for which she garnered rave reviews. She also starred as ‘Eliza’ in Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton and is well known for starring as ‘Natasha’ in the Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. For “The Great Comet”, Benton was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award, Drama League Distinguished Performance Award, Theatre World Award, and Lilly Award. She had previously played the role of ‘Natasha’ at the American Repertory Theater and starred as ‘Nabulungi’ in the West End and U.S. national tour of “The Book of Mormon”.

Benton is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.