Nejla Ateş (March 7, 1932 - died in Istanbul on September 19, 1995) was a Turkish belly dancer and actress, born in Constanța, Romania.

[2] Notably, she appeared in the films King Richard and the Crusaders and Son of Sinbad[3] and Fanny, a Broadway musical.

Her first suicide attempt via an overdose of tranquilizers and aspirin followed an argument with her then lover, singer Bobby Colt.

Ates was named as correspondent in his divorce by Colt's wife Hope Diamond.

She also suffered a series of injuries, including a slipped disc, apparently related to her dancing.