Cara Mai Hope (born 24 November 1993) is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and for Gloucester-Hartpury in the Premier 15s.

[1] Hope announced a hiatus from international rugby in July 2023 on her Instagram, citing the difficulty in balancing her rugby career with her medical career studies at Swansea University Medical School.

[4] Cara earned her first cap in the 2018 Women's Six Nations as a second-half replacement in Wales’ third round defeat to Ireland at Donnybrook.

In 2018, she graduated from Swansea University with a research-based master's degree in professional practice in healthcare.

[9] Her mother, Professor Siân Hope OBE, was appointed High Sheriff of Gwynedd in 2017.