Elena Varzi (21 December 1926 – 1 September 2014) was an Italian film actress.

Born in Rome, in spite of a non-professional acting background, Varzi made her film debut in a leading role, as the Sicilian Maria Antonia in Renato Castellani's neorealist post-war comedy-drama It's Forever Springtime.

[1][2] Her second role, as the mistress of a Sicilian bandit in Pietro Germi's Path of Hope, received critical acclaim.

[1] It was during filming The Forbidden Christ that Varzi met and later married Raf Vallone.

Varzi died of cardiac arrest at her holiday cottage in Sperlonga, Latina, on 1 September 2014.