Ana Botafogo (born 9 July 1957) is a Brazilian ballet dancer and actress.

Botafogo also attended the Salle Pleyel's Goubé Academy at Paris, École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, and Dance Center-Covent Garden, in London.

[1] Botafogo has been the prima ballerina of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro since 1981.

[2] She debuted in the Municipal with the ballet Coppélia, which opened her career to international presentations.

She made a special participation as an actress in the TV Globo telenovela Páginas da Vida, playing the ballet teacher Elisa, daughter of the characters played by Tarcísio Meira and Glória Menezes.