Pauline Chan (Chinese: 陳寶玲; pinyin: Chén Bǎolíng, Vietnamese: Trần Bảo Lính; born 1956) is an Australian actress, director, screenwriter and producer.

Later, she traveled to the United States and studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Chan also appeared alongside Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Denholm Elliott in the 1989 TV miniseries Bangkok Hilton.

In 1994 Pauline Chan wrote and directed the film Traps.

Chan is set to direct the upcoming crime thriller Neponset Circle starring Guy Pearce and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.