Esther Carena (born Franziska Lucia Pfeiffer; 24 August 1898 – 26 January 1972) was a German actress.

The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe.

[2] In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander.

She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War.

In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.