Caterina Beretta (8 December 1839 – 1 January 1911) was an Italian ballet dancer and dance teacher.

She was one of the most celebrated ballet dancers of the 19th century and was famous throughout Europe, appearing in London and Italy.

[3][4] In 1855 she went to Paris to perform in Le Diable à Quatre and Jovita, ou Les Boucaniers Mexicains by Joseph Mazilier, where she was impressed to Théophile Gautier.

[5] In 1856 and 1857 in Milan and Rome she performanced in Shakespeare, ossia Un Sogno di una Notte d'Estate, by Giovanni Casati.

[2] In 1877 she was maîtresse de ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, and also at La Scala between 1905 and 1908.