Ana Elisa Pereira (1845 –1921) was a Portuguese stage and film actress and singer, mainly known for her work in theatres in Lisbon.

[1][2] Pereira began her professional acting career at the Ginásio in 1861 in Pecados do Século XIX (Sins of the 19th Century) by José Maria Brás Martins, together with Emília das Neves.

On 28 May 1868, she made her debut in a play by Victorien Sardou at the Teatro da Trindade, as the first operetta actress, where she had some of her greatest successes, working with the impresario and director, Francisco Palho.

[1][2][3] However, disagreements with Palha led Pereira to move to the D. Maria II National Theatre in 1874 before returning to the Príncipe Real and touring for six years.

In 1880 she returned to the Trindade, from where she was absent for some time after the failure of a play, The Sixth Part of the World, in which she fell on the stage while performing, which led to her attempted suicide by taking arsenic.