List of prima ballerinas
This is a list of people who have been awarded the title prima ballerina, the second highest title that can be awarded to a ballerina.
List of prima ballerinas
| Full name | First name | Last name | Year of birth | Year of death | Nationality | Active dancer? | Sources |
| Eleonora Abbagnato | Eleonora | Abbagnato | 1978 | Italy | Yes | ||
| Stella Abrera | Stella | Abrera | 1978 | Philippines United States | No | ||
| Diana Adams | Diana | Adams | 1926 | 1993 | United States | No | |
| Maria Alexandrova | Maria | Alexandrova | 1978 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Alicia Amatriain | Alicia | Amatriain | Spain | Yes | |||
| Nina Ananiashvili | Nina | Ananiashvili | 1963 | Georgia | No | ||
| Dores André | Dores | André | Spain | Yes | |||
| Elena Andreianova | Elena | Andreianova | 1819 | 1857 | Russia | No | |
| Sonia Arova | Sonia | Arova | 1927 | 2001 | Bulgaria | No | |
| Altynai Asylmuratova | Altynai | Asylmuratova | 1961 | Russia | No | ||
| Silvia Azzoni | Silvia | Azzoni | 1973 | Italy | Yes | ||
| Elisa Badenes | Elisa | Badenes | Spain | Yes | |||
| Melania Ballish Regueiro | Melania | Ballish Regueiro | 1975 | Brazil | No | ||
| Irina Baronova | Irina | Baronova | 1919 | 2008 | Russia | No | |
| Léonore Baulac | Léonore | Baulac | 1989 | France | Yes | ||
| Pati Behrs | Pati | Behrs | 1922 | 2004 | Russia | No | |
| Christiana Bennett | Christiana | Bennett | United States | No | |||
| Leanne Benjamin | Leanne | Benjamin | 1964 | Australia | No | ||
| Svetlana Beriosova | Svetlana | Beriosova | 1932 | 1998 | Lithuania | No | |
| Deborah Bull | Deborah | Bull | 1963 | United Kingdom | No | ||
| Natalia Bessmertnova | Natalia | Bessmertnova | 1941 | 2008 | Russia | No | |
| Hélène Bouchet | Hélène | Bouchet | 1980 | France | Yes | ||
| Ashley Bouder | Ashley | Bouder | 1983 | United States | Yes | ||
| Isabella Boylston | Isabella | Boylston | 1986 | United States | Yes | ||
| Norodom Buppha Devi | Norodom | Buppha Devi | 1943 | 2019 | Cambodia | No | |
| Darcey Bussell | Darcey | Bussell | 1969 | United Kingdom | No | ||
| :es:Elisa_Carrillo_Cabrera|Elisa Carrillo Cabrera | Elisa | Carrillo Cabrera | 1981 | Mexico | Yes | ||
| Fanny Cerrito | Fanny | Cerrito | 1817 | 1909 | Italy | No | |
| Yvette Chauviré | Yvette | Chauviré | 1917 | 2016 | France | No | |
| Ludmilla Chiriaeff | Ludmilla | Chiriaeff | 1924 | 1996 | Canada | No | |
| Yvonne Chouteau | Yvonne | Chouteau | 1929 | 2016 | United States | No | |
| Frances Chung | Frances | Chung | Canada | Yes | |||
| Lia Cirio | Lia | Cirio | United States | Yes | |||
| Alina Cojocaru | Alina | Cojocaru | 1981 | Romania | Yes | ||
| Valentine Colasante | Valentine | Colasante | 1989 | France | Yes | ||
| Misty Copeland | Misty | Copeland | 1982 | United States | Yes | ||
| Bernice Coppieters | Bernice | Coppieters | 1970 | Belgium | No | ||
| J'aime Crandall | J'aime | Crandall | 1982 | United States | Yes | ||
| Lauren Cuthbertson | Lauren | Cuthbertson | 1984 | United Kingdom | Yes | ||
| Alexandra Danilova | Alexandra | Danilova | 1903 | 1997 | Russia | No | |
| Igone de Jongh | Igone | de Jongh | 1979 | Netherlands | No | ||
| Ninette de Valois | Ninette | de Valois | 1898 | 2001 | Ireland | No | |
| Sasha De Sola | Sasha | De Sola | United States | Yes | |||
| Holly Dorger | Holly | Dorger | United States | Yes | |||
| Jurgita Dronina | Jurgita | Dronina | 1986 | Russia Lithuania | Yes | ||
| Natalia Dudinskaya | Natalia | Dudinskaya | 1912 | 2003 | Russia | No | |
| Aurélie Dupont | Aurélie | Dupont | 1973 | France | No | ||
| Viviana Durante | Viviana | Durante | 1967 | Italy | No | ||
| Irina Dvorovenko | Irina | Dvorovenko | 1973 | Ukraine | No | ||
| Madeleine Eastoe | Madeleine | Eastoe | Australia | No | |||
| Marina Eglevsky | Marina | Eglevsky | United States | No | |||
| Lubov Egorova | Lubov | Egorova | 1880 | 1972 | Russia | No | |
| Fanny Elssler | Fanny | Elssler | 1810 | 1884 | Austria | No | |
| Suzanne Farrell | Suzanne | Farrell | 1945 | United States | No | ||
| Norma Fontenla | Fontenla | Fontenla | 1930 | 1971 | Argentina | No | |
| Carla Fracci | Carla | Fracci | 1936 | Italy | No | ||
| Mathilde Froustey | Mathilde | Froustey | 1985 | France | Yes | ||
| Mara Galeazzi | Mara | Galeazzi | 1973 | Italy | No | ||
| Rosina Galli | Rosina | Galli | 1892 | 1940 | Italy | No | |
| Yekaterina Geltzer | Yekaterina | Geltzer | 1876 | 1962 | Russia | No | |
| Dorothée Gilbert | Dorothée | Gilbert | 1983 | France | Yes | ||
| Marie-Agnès Gillot | Marie-Agnès | Gillot | 1975 | France | No | ||
| Céline Gittens | Céline | Gittens | Trinidadians and Tobagonians | Yes | |||
| Beryl Goldwyn | Beryl | Goldwyn | 1930 | United Kingdom | No | ||
| Kathleen Gorham | Kathleen | Gorham | 1928 | 1983 | Australia | No | |
| Diana Gould | Diana | Gould | 1912 | 2003 | United Kingdom | No | |
| Lucile Grahn | Lucile | Grahn | 1819 | 1907 | Denmark | No | |
| Cynthia Gregory | Cynthia | Gregory | 1946 | United States | No | ||
| Beryl Grey | Beryl | Grey | 1927 | United Kingdom | No | ||
| Carlotta Grisi | Carlotta | Grisi | 1819 | 1899 | Italy | No | |
| Sylvie Guillem | Sylvie | Guillem | 1965 | France | No | ||
| Evelyn Hart | Evelyn | Hart | 1956 | Canada | No | ||
| Marcia Haydée | Marcia | Haydée | 1937 | Brazil | No | ||
| Francesca Hayward | Francesca | Hayward | 1992 | United Kingdom | Yes | ||
| Robyn Hendricks | Robyn | Hendricks | South Africa | Yes | |||
| Paloma Herrera | Paloma | Herrera | 1975 | Argentina | No | ||
| Rosella Hightower | Rosella | Hightower | 1920 | 2008 | United States | No | |
| Greta Hodgkinson | Greta | Hodgkinson | 1973 | United States | Yes | ||
| Avdotia Istomina | Avdotia | Istomina | 1799 | 1848 | Russia | No | |
| Rowena Jackson | Rowena | Jackson | 1926 | New Zealand | No | ||
| Anna Johansson | Anna | Johansson | 1860 | 1917 | Russia | No | |
| Lana Jones | Lana | Jones | Australia | No | |||
| Karen Kain | Karen | Kain | 1951 | Canada | No | ||
| Yuriko Kajiya | Yuriko | Kajiya | 1984 | Japan | Yes | ||
| Nina Kaptsova | Nina | Kaptsova | 1978 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Kang Sue-jin | Sue-jin | Kang | 1967 | South Korea | No | ||
| Tamara Karsavina | Tamara | Karsavina | 1885 | 1978 | Russia | No | |
| Allegra Kent | Allegra | Kent | 1937 | United States | No | ||
| Julie Kent | Julie | Kent | 1969 | United States | No | ||
| Ji-Young Kim | Ji-Young | Kim | 1978 | South Korea | Yes | ||
| Gelsey Kirkland | Gelsey | Kirkland | 1952 | United States | No | ||
| Daria Klimentová | Daria | Klimentová | 1971 | Czechoslovakia | No | ||
| Maria Kochetkova | Maria | Kochetkova | 1984 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Carla Körbes | Carla | Körbes | 1981 | Brazil | No | ||
| Irina Kolpakova | Irina | Kolpakova | 1933 | Russia | No | ||
| Ako Kondo | Ako | Kondo | 1991 | Japan | Yes | ||
| Maria Kowroski | Maria | Kowroski | 1976 | United States | Yes | ||
| Misa Kuranaga | Misa | Kuranaga | 1982 | Japan | Yes | ||
| Ninel Kurgapkina | Ninel | Kurgapkina | 1929 | 2009 | Russia | No | |
| Lucía Lacarra | Lucía | Lacarra | 1975 | Spain | Yes | ||
| Doris Laine | Doris | Laine | 1931 | 2018 | Finland | No | |
| Sarah Lamb | Sarah | Lamb | 1980 | United States | Yes | ||
| Margot Lander | Margot | Lander | 1910 | 1961 | Denmark | No | |
| Maryon Lane | Maryon | Lane | 1931 | 2008 | South Africa | No | |
| Sarah Lane | Sarah | Lane | 1984 | United States | Yes | ||
| Moscelyne Larkin | Moscelyne | Larkin | 1925 | 2012 | United States | No | |
| Tanaquil LeClercq | Tanaquil | LeClercq | 1929 | 2000 | France | No | |
| Olga Lepeshinskaya | Olga | Lepeshinskaya | 1916 | 2008 | Russia | No | |
| Agnes Letestu | Agnes | Letestu | 1971 | France | No | ||
| Larissa Lezhnina | Larissa | Lezhnina | 1969 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Emma Livry | Emma | Livry | 1842 | 1863 | France | No | |
| Ulyana Lopatkina | Ulyana | Lopatkina | 1973 | Ukraine | Yes | ||
| Lydia Lopokova | Lydia | Lopokova | 1892 | 1981 | Russia | No | |
| Lauren Lovette | Lauren | Lovette | 1993 | United States | Yes | ||
| Svetlana Lunkina | Svetlana | Lunkina | 1979 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Lisa Macuja-Elizalde | Lisa | Macuja-Elizalde | 1964 | Philippines | Yes | ||
| Natalia Magnicaballi | Natalia | Magnicaballi | Argentina | Yes | |||
| Natalia Makarova | Natalia | Makarova | 1940 | Russia | No | ||
| Maia Makhateli | Maia | Makhateli | 1986 | Georgia | Yes | ||
| Tatiana Mamaki | Tatiana | Mamaki | 1921 | 2007 | Greece | No | |
| Andrée Marlière | Andrée | Marlière | 1934 | 2008 | Belgium | No | |
| Roberta Marquez | Roberta | Marquez | 1977 | Brazil | No | ||
| Nikola Márová | Nikola | Márová | 1980 | Czechoslovakia | Yes | ||
| Monica Mason | Monica | Mason | 1941 | South Africa | No | ||
| Sophie Martin | Sophie | Martin | 1984 | France | Yes | ||
| Ekaterina Maximova | Ekaterina | Maximova | 1939 | 2009 | Russia | No | |
| Patricia McBride | Patricia | McBride | 1942 | United States | No | ||
| Sara Mearns | Sara | Mearns | 1986 | United States | Yes | ||
| Magali Messac | Magali | Messac | 1952 | France | No | ||
| Varvara P. Mey | Varvara P. | Mey | 1912 | 1995 | Russia | No | |
| Galina Mezentseva | Galina | Mezentseva | 1952 | Russia | No | ||
| Laura Morera | Laura | Morera | Spain | Yes | |||
| Yvonne Mounsey | Yvonne | Mounsey | 1919 | 2012 | South Africa | No | |
| Gillian Murphy | Gillian | Murphy | 1979 | United States | Yes | ||
| Yasmine Naghdi | Yasmine | Naghdi | 1992 | United Kingdom | Yes | ||
| Nadia Nerina | Nadia | Nerina | 1927 | 2008 | South Africa | No | |
| Bronislava Nijinska | Bronislava | Nijinska | 1891 | 1972 | Poland | No | |
| Irma Nioradze | Irma | Nioradze | 1969 | Georgia | Yes | ||
| Nathalie Nordquist | Nathalie | Nordquist | 1979 | Sweden | Yes | ||
| Marianela Núñez | Marianela | Núñez | 1982 | Argentina | Yes | ||
| Agnes Oaks | Agnes | Oaks | 1970 | Estonia | No | ||
| Evgenia Obraztsova | Evgenia | Obraztsova | 1984 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Fernanda Oliveira | Fernanda | Oliveira | 1980 | Brazil | Yes | ||
| Alla Osipenko | Alla | Osipenko | 1932 | Russia | No | ||
| Natalia Osipova | Natalia | Osipova | 1986 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Clairemarie Osta | Clairemarie | Osta | 1970 | France | No | ||
| Annette Page | Annette | Page | 1932 | 2017 | United Kingdom | No | |
| Ludmila Pagliero | Ludmila | Pagliero | 1983 | Argentina | Yes | ||
| Noelani Pantastico | Noelani | Panstastico | 1980 | United States | Yes | ||
| Merle Park | Merle | Park | 1937 | Zimbabwe | No | ||
| Veronika Part | Veronika | Part | 1978 | Russia | No | ||
| Anna Pavlova | Anna | Pavlova | 1881 | 1931 | Russia | No | |
| Nadezhda Pavlova | Nadezhda | Pavlova | 1956 | Russia | No | ||
| Ana Pavlovic | Ana | Pavlovic | 1973 | Serbia | Yes | ||
| Tiler Peck | Tiler | Peck | 1989 | United States | Yes | ||
| Marie-Claude Pietragalla | Marie-Claude | Pietragalla | 1963 | France | No | ||
| Ida Praetorius | Ida | Praetorius | 1993 | Denmark | Yes | ||
| Élisabeth Platel | Élisabeth | Platel | 1959 | France | No | ||
| Olga Preobrajenska | Olga | Preobrajenska | 1871 | 1962 | Russia | No | |
| Ellen Price | Ellen | Price | 1878 | 1968 | Denmark | No | |
| Laetitia Pujol | Laetitia | Pujol | 1975 | France | No | ||
| Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky | Roma | Pryma-Bohachevsky | 1927 | 2004 | Ukraine | No | |
| Marie Rambert | Marie | Rambert | 1888 | 1982 | Poland | No | |
| Teresa Reichlen | Teresa | Reichlen | United States | Yes | |||
| Alice Renavand | Alice | Renavand | 1980 | France | Yes | ||
| Tatiana Riabouchinska | Tatiana | Riabouchinska | 1917 | 2000 | Russia | No | |
| Sonia Rodriguez | Sonia | Rodriguez | 1972 | Canada | Yes | ||
| Tamara Rojo | Tamara | Rojo | 1974 | Spain | Yes | ||
| Danielle Rowe | Danielle | Rowe | 1982 | Australia | No | ||
| Ida Rubinstein | Ida | Rubinstein | 1883 | 1960 | Russia | No | |
| Iana Salenko | Iana | Salenko | 1983 | Ukraine | Yes | ||
| Ekaterina Sankovskaya | Ekaterina | Sankovskaya | 1816 | 1878 | Russia | No | |
| Luciana Savignano | Luciana | Savignano | 1943 | Italy | No | ||
| Amber Scott | Amber | Scott | Australia | Yes | |||
| Ludmila Semenyaka | Ludmila | Semenyaka | 1952 | Russia | No | ||
| Polina Semionova | Polina | Semionova | 1984 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Marina Semyonova | Marina | Semyonova | 1908 | 2010 | Russia | No | |
| Hee Seo | Hee | Seo | 1986 | South Korea | Yes | ||
| Lynn Seymour | Lynn | Seymour | 1939 | Canada | No | ||
| Moira Shearer | Moira | Shearer | 1926 | 2006 | United Kingdom | No | |
| Christine Shevchenko | Christine | Shevchenko | 1988 | Ukraine | Yes | ||
| Antoinette Sibley | Antoinette | Sibley | 1939 | United Kingdom | No | ||
| Alla Sizova | Alla | Sizova | 1939 | 2014 | Russia | No | |
| Mia Slavenska | Mia | Slavenska | 1916 | 2002 | United States | No | |
| Alina Somova | Alina | Somova | 1985 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Olga Spessivtseva | Olga | Spessivtseva | 1895 | 1991 | Russia | No | |
| Abi Stafford | Abi | Stafford | United States | Yes | |||
| Tatiana Stepanova | Tatiana | Stepanova | 1962 | Ukraine | No | ||
| Madoka Sugai | Madoka | Sugai | 1994 | Japan | Yes | ||
| Laurretta Summerscales | Laurretta | Summerscales | United Kingdom | Yes | |||
| Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa | Mariia | Surovshchikova-Petipa | 1836 | 1882 | Russia | No | |
| Sofiane Sylve | Sofiane | Sylve | 1976 | France | Yes | ||
| Marie Taglioni | Marie | Taglioni | 1804 | 1884 | Sweden | No | |
| Akane Takada | Akane | Takada | 1990 | Japan | Yes | ||
| Erina Takahashi | Erina | Takahashi | Japan | Yes | |||
| Maria Tallchief | Maria | Tallchief | 1925 | 2013 | United States | No | |
| Marjorie Tallchief | Marjorie | Tallchief | 1926 | United States | No | ||
| Yuanyuan Tan | Yuanyuan | Tan | 1977 | China | Yes | ||
| Ludmilla Tchérina | Ludmilla | Tchérina | 1924 | 2004 | France | No | |
| Veronica Tennant | Veronica | Tennant | 1946 | United Kingdom | No | ||
| Devon Teuscher | Devon | Teuscher | 1989 | United States | Yes | ||
| Ghislaine Thesmar | Ghislaine | Thesmar | 1943 | China | No | ||
| Tamara Toumanova | Tamara | Toumanova | 1919 | 1996 | Russia | No | |
| Vera Trefilova | Vera | Trefilova | 1875 | 1943 | Russia | No | |
| Anna Tsygankova | Anna | Tsygankova | 1979 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Viengsay Valdés | Viengsay | Valdés | 1976 | Cuba | Yes | ||
| Ambra Vallo | Ambra | Vallo | Italy | Yes | |||
| Sarah Van Patten | Sarah | Van Patten | 1984 | United States | Yes | ||
| Ekaterina Vazem | Ekaterina | Vazem | 1848 | 1937 | Russia | No | |
| Noralma Vera Arrata | Noralma | Vera Arrata | 1936 | Ecuador | No | ||
| Violette Verdy | Violette | Verdy | 1933 | 2016 | France | No | |
| Diana Vishneva | Diana | Vishneva | 1976 | Russia | Np | ||
| Jocelyn Vollmar | Jocelyn | Vollmar | 1925 | 2018 | United States | No | |
| Anastasia Volochkova | Anastasia | Volochkova | 1976 | Russia | Yes | ||
| Doreen Wells | Doreen | Wells | 1937 | United Kingdom | No | ||
| Wendy Whelan | Wendy | Whelan | 1967 | United States | No | ||
| Belinda Wright | Belinda | Wright | 1929 | 2007 | United Kingdom | No | |
| Zenaida Yanowsky | Zenaida | Yanowsky | 1975 | Spain | No | ||
| Miyako Yoshida | Miyako | Yoshida | 1965 | Japan | No | ||
| Vanessa Zahorian | Vanessa | Zahorian | United States | No | |||
| Svetlana Zakharova | Svetlana | Zakharova | 1979 | Ukraine | Yes |