Vanilla Ice Cream...and Maybe Pickles? Laura Benanti & Husband Patrick Brown Are Expecting Their First Child

A baby Benanti is on the way! Broadway favorite Laura Benanti and her husband Patrick Brown are expecting a daughter; the Tony winner recently revealed the exciting news on Twitter. The two were wed in November last year.

"We are overjoyed to be growing this tiny human, and can't wait to meet her this winter," Benanti said in a statement.

Benanti earned a Tony nomination this year for her performance in She Loves Me, which concluded its limited run on July 10. She won in 2008 for Gypsy and received nominations for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Into the Woods and Swing!. Her additional credits include The Wedding Singer and Nine on stage and Supergirl, The Sound of Music Live!, Nashville and Go On on screen. She recently made headlines for her uncanny take on Melania Trump following the potential First Lady’s speech controversy.

In September 2015, Benanti opened up about experiencing a miscarriage. In her piece, she questioned why the subject was considered over-sharing and offered words of comfort to women and families going through similar experiences. “My hope is that talking about it in an open forum can be healing in some small way,” Benanti said. “Sometimes it can be helpful to know that someone out there has felt the same pain as you.”

With every storm comes a rainbow, and Broadway.com congratulates the couple on the happy news.
 

Doing a little research with @impbrown!

Coming this winter...#BabyGirlBrown pic.twitter.com/xETOz1wDUU

— Laura Benanti (@LauraBenanti) August 11, 2016