Sheema Kermani (also spelled Kirmani) (Urdu: شیما کرمانی; born 16 January 1951) is a Pakistani classical dancer and social activist.

[3][4] Kermani is known as a renowned classical dancer, choreographer, dance guru, theatre practitioner, performer, director, producer, and TV actor based in Karachi, Pakistan.

[7] During her school vacations, Kermani would visit her maternal grandparents who lived in India and it was there that she developed an interest in the performing arts.

Kermani was the only dancer in Pakistan throughout the years of General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law, when dance was banned and came to be seen as an activity highly disliked by the state and the clergy.

[12] In 1988, she proceeded to India on an ICCR (Indian Council of Cultural Relations) scholarship and studied Bharatanatyam under Leela Samson, Kathak under Ram Mohan and Odissi under Guru Mayadhar Raut and Aloka Pannikar.

[15] On 19 February 2017, Kermani appeared at the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan after the barbaric suicide attack and performed a dhamal (a Sufi dance form).