Benita Jaye Willis (born 6 May 1979 in Mackay, Queensland) is an Australian long-distance runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres.

Her foremost achievement is a gold medal in the long race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

At the 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships she won the bronze medal with a time of 1:09:26 hours.

In 2004, she won the 8K at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and also the women's half marathon title at the Great North Run.

[2] In spite of a break of over three years without competing over the distance, she was the runner-up at the 2012 Houston Marathon with a time 2:28:24 hours (within the Olympic qualifying standard).