See also: Prima ballerina assoluta. 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: prima ballerina assoluta being the first.
"Prima ballerina literally translates to “first principal dancer” from Italian and, in the United States, is better known as someone who is a female principal dancer. These dancers are the best in their companies who perform the lead roles in ballets, along with their male counterparts".[1]
Full name | First name | Last name | Year of birth | Year of death | Nationality | Active dancer? | Sources | |
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Eleonora Abbagnato | Eleonora | Abbagnato | 1978 | Italy | Yes | [2] | ||
Stella Abrera | Stella | Abrera | 1978 | Philippines/United States | No | [3] | ||
Diana Adams | Diana | Adams | 1926 | 1993 | United States | No | ||
Amandine Albisson | Amandine | Albisson | 1989 | France | Yes | |||
Maria Alexandrova | Maria | Alexandrova | 1978 | Russia | Yes | |||
Heléne Alexopoulos | Heléne | Alexopoulos | United States | No | [4] | |||
Alicia Amatriain | Alicia | Amatriain | Spain | Yes | [5] | |||
Josette Amiel | Josette | Amiel | 1930 | France | No | |||
Nina Ananiashvili | Nina | Ananiashvili | 1963 | Georgia | No | |||
Dores André | Dores | André | Spain | Yes | [6] | |||
Elena Andreianova | Elena | Andreianova | 1819 | 1857 | Russia | No | ||
Loipa Araújo | Loipa | Araújo | 1941 | Cuba | No | |||
Carole Arbo | Carole | Arbo | 1961 | France | No | |||
Sadaise Arencibia | Sadaise | Arencibia | c. 1981 | Cuba | Yes | |||
Sonia Arova | Sonia | Arova | 1927 | 2001 | Bulgaria | No | ||
Merrill Ashley | Merrill | Ashley | 1950 | United States | No | [7] | ||
Altynai Asylmuratova | Altynai | Asylmuratova | 1961 | Russia | No | |||
Silvia Azzoni | Silvia | Azzoni | 1973 | Italy | Yes | [8] | ||
Elisa Badenes | Elisa | Badenes | Spain | Yes | [9] | |||
Bai Shuxiang | Shuxiang | Bai | 1939 | China | No | [10] | ||
Caroline Baldwin | Caroline | Baldwin | 1990 | United States | Yes | [11] | ||
Melania Ballish Regueiro | Melania | Ballish Regueiro | 1975 | Brazil | No | |||
Irina Baronova | Irina | Baronova | 1919 | 2008 | Russia | No | ||
Maniya Barredo | Maniya | Barredo | 1951 | Philippines | No | |||
Léonore Baulac | Léonore | Baulac | 1990 | France | Yes | [12] | ||
Pati Behrs | Pati | Behrs | 1922 | 2004 | Russia | No | ||
Christiana Bennett | Christiana | Bennett | United States | No | ||||
Leanne Benjamin | Leanne | Benjamin | 1964 | Australia | No | [13] | ||
Svetlana Beriosova | Svetlana | Beriosova | 1932 | 1998 | Lithuania | No | ||
Claude Bessy | Claude | Bessy | 1932 | France | No | |||
Skylar Brandt | Skylar | Brandt | 1993 | [14] | United States | Yes | ||
Deborah Bull | Deborah | Bull | 1963 | United Kingdom | No | |||
Natalia Bessmertnova | Natalia | Bessmertnova | 1941 | 2008 | Russia | No | ||
Alicja Boniuszko | Alicja | Boniuszko | 1937 | 2019 | Poland | No | [15] [16] | |
Aurora Bosch | Aurora | Bosch | 1942 | Cuba | No | |||
Hélène Bouchet | Hélène | Bouchet | 1980 | France | Yes | |||
Ashley Bouder | Ashley | Bouder | 1983 | United States | Yes | [17] | ||
Isabella Boylston | Isabella | Boylston | 1986 | United States | Yes | [18] | ||
Amparo Brito | Amparo | Brito | Cuba | No | ||||
Norodom Buppha Devi | Norodom | Buppha Devi | 1943 | 2019 | Cambodia | No | ||
Darcey Bussell | Darcey | Bussell | 1969 | United Kingdom | No | [19] | ||
Maria Calegari | Maria | Calegari | 1957 | United States | No | [20] | ||
Elisa Carrillo Cabrera | Elisa | Carrillo Cabrera | 1981 | Mexico | Yes | [21] | ||
Carolyn Carlson | Carolyn | Carlson | France | No | ||||
Fanny Cerrito | Fanny | Cerrito | 1817 | 1909 | Italy | No | ||
Ludmilla Chiriaeff | Ludmilla | Chiriaeff | 1924 | 1996 | Canada | No | ||
Yvonne Chouteau | Yvonne | Chouteau | 1929 | 2016 | United States | No | ||
Frances Chung | Frances | Chung | Canada | Yes | [22] | |||
Isabelle Ciaravola | Isabelle | Ciaravola | 1972 | France | No | |||
Lia Cirio | Lia | Cirio | United States | Yes | [23] | |||
Evelyn Cisneros-Legate | Evelyn | Cisneros-Legate | 1958 | United States | No | |||
Simone Clarke | Simone | Clarke | 1970 | United Kingdom | No | [24] | ||
Florence Clerc | Florence | Clerc | 1951 | France | No | |||
Alina Cojocaru | Alina | Cojocaru | 1981 | Romania | Yes | [25] | ||
Valentine Colasante | Valentine | Colasante | 1989 | France | Yes | [26] | ||
Janet Collins | Janet | Collins | 1917 | 2003 | United States | No | ||
Petra Conti | Petra | Conti | 1988 | Italy | Yes | [27] | ||
Misty Copeland | Misty | Copeland | 1982 | United States | Yes | [28] | ||
Bernice Coppieters | Bernice | Coppieters | 1970 | Belgium | No | [29] | ||
Émilie Cozette | Émilie | Cozette | 1981 | France | No | |||
J'aime Crandall | J'aime | Crandall | 1982 | United States | Yes | [30] | ||
Lauren Cuthbertson | Lauren | Cuthbertson | 1984 | United Kingdom | Yes | [31] | ||
Alexandra Danilova | Alexandra | Danilova | 1903 | 1997 | Russia | No | ||
Lycette Darsonval | Lycette | Darsonval | 1912 | 1996 | France | No | ||
Liane Daydé | Liane | Daydé | 1932 | 2022 | France | 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 | [32] | |||
Holly Dorger | Holly | Dorger | United States | Yes | [33] | |||
Jurgita Dronina | Jurgita | Dronina | 1986 | Russia/Lithuania | Yes | [34] | ||
Natalia Dudinskaya | Natalia | Dudinskaya | 1912 | 2003 | Ukraine | No | ||
Aurélie Dupont | Aurélie | Dupont | 1973 | France | No | [35] | ||
Viviana Durante | Viviana | Durante | 1967 | Italy | No | |||
Irina Dvorovenko | Irina | Dvorovenko | 1973 | Ukraine | No | [36] | ||
Madeleine Eastoe | Madeleine | Eastoe | Australia | No | [37] | |||
Marina Eglevsky | Marina | Eglevsky | United States | No | ||||
Lubov Egorova | Lubov | Egorova | 1880 | 1972 | Russia | No | ||
Ashley Ellis | Ashley | Ellis | United States | No | [38] | |||
Fanny Elssler | Fanny | Elssler | 1810 | 1884 | Austria | No | ||
Megan Fairchild | Megan | Fairchild | 1984 | United States | Yes | |||
Suzanne Farrell | Suzanne | Farrell | 1945 | United States | No | |||
Lorena Feijóo | Lorena | Feijóo | Cuba | No | [39] | |||
Lorna Feijóo | Lorena | Feijóo | Cuba | No | [40] | |||
Nikisha Fogo | Nikisha | Fogo | 1995 | Sweden | Yes | |||
Norma Fontenla | Norma | Fontenla | 1930 | 1971 | Argentina | No | ||
Margot Fonteyn | Margot | Fonteyn | 1919 | 1991 | United Kingdom | No | ||
Carla Fracci | Carla | Fracci | 1936 | 2021 | Italy | No | ||
Mathilde Froustey | Mathilde | Froustey | 1985 | France | Yes | [41] | ||
Fanny Gaida | Fanny | Gaida | 1961 | France | No | |||
Mara Galeazzi | Mara | Galeazzi | 1973 | Italy | No | [42] | ||
Rosina Galli | Rosina | Galli | 1892 | 1940 | Italy | No | ||
Marta García | Marta | García | 1949 | 2017 | Cuba | No | ||
Yekaterina Geltzer | Yekaterina | Geltzer | 1876 | 1962 | Russia | No | ||
Emilie Gerrity | Emilie | Gerrity | United States | Yes | ||||
Dorothée Gilbert | Dorothée | Gilbert | 1983 | France | Yes | [43] | ||
Marie-Agnès Gillot | Marie-Agnès | Gillot | 1975 | France | No | [44] | ||
Céline Gittens | Céline | Gittens | Trinidad and Tobago | Yes | [45] | |||
Beryl Goldwyn | Beryl | Goldwyn | 1930 | United Kingdom | No | [46] | ||
Ofelia González | Ofelia | González | Cuba | No | ||||
Kathleen Gorham | Kathleen | Gorham | 1928 | 1983 | Australia | No | ||
Diana Gould | Diana | Gould | 1912 | 2003 | United Kingdom | No | ||
Nadezhda Gracheva | Nadezhda | Gracheva | 1969 | Kazakhstan | No | [47] | ||
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 | ||
Isabelle Guérin | Isabelle | Guérin | 1961 | France | No | |||
Sylvie Guillem | Sylvie | Guillem | 1965 | France | No | [48] | ||
Evelyn Hart | Evelyn | Hart | 1956 | Canada | No | |||
Marcia Haydée | Marcia | Haydée | 1937 | Brazil | No | |||
Francesca Hayward | Francesca | Hayward | 1992 | United Kingdom | Yes | [49] | ||
Laura Hecquet | Laura | Hecquet | 1984 | France | Yes | |||
Robyn Hendricks | Robyn | Hendricks | South Africa | Yes | [50] | |||
Paloma Herrera | Paloma | Herrera | 1975 | Argentina | No | [51] | ||
Rosella Hightower | Rosella | Hightower | 1920 | 2008 | United States | No | ||
Greta Hodgkinson | Greta | Hodgkinson | 1973 | United States | Yes | [52] | ||
Catherine Hurlin | Catherine | Hurlin | 1996 | United States | Yes | |||
Carrie Imler | Carrie | Imler | 1977/1978 | United States | No | [53] | ||
Avdotia Istomina | Avdotia | Istomina | 1799 | 1848 | Russia | No | ||
Rowena Jackson | Rowena | Jackson | 1926 | 2024 | New Zealand | No | ||
Xue Jinghua | Xue | Jinghua | 1945 | China | No | |||
Anna Johansson | Anna | Johansson | 1860 | 1917 | Russia | No | ||
Lana Jones | Lana | Jones | Australia | No | [54] | |||
Karen Kain | Karen | Kain | 1951 | Canada | No | |||
Yuriko Kajiya | Yuriko | Kajiya | 1984 | Japan | Yes | [55] | ||
Fumi Kaneko | Fumi | Kaneko | 1991 | Japan | Yes | |||
Nina Kaptsova | Nina | Kaptsova | 1978 | Russia | Yes | |||
Kang Sue-jin | Sue-jin | Kang | 1967 | South Korea | No | [56] | ||
Bernara Karieva | Bernara | Karieva | 1936 | Uzbekistan | No | [57] | ||
Tamara Karsavina | Tamara | Karsavina | 1885 | 1978 | Russia | No | ||
Allegra Kent | Allegra | Kent | 1937 | United States | No | |||
Julie Kent | Julie | Kent | 1969 | United States | No | [58] | ||
Dominique Khalfouni | Dominique | Khalfouni | 1951 | France | 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 | [59] | ||
Maria Kochetkova | Maria | Kochetkova | 1984 | Russia | Yes | [60] | ||
Elizaveta Kokoreva | Elizaveta | Kokoreva | Russia | Yes | ||||
Carla Körbes | Carla | Körbes | 1981 | Brazil | No | [61] | ||
Irina Kolpakova | Irina | Kolpakova | 1933 | Russia | No | |||
Ako Kondo | Ako | Kondo | 1991 | Japan | Yes | [62] | ||
Alyona Kovalyova | Alyona | Kovalyova | Russia | Yes | ||||
Maria Kowroski | Maria | Kowroski | 1976 | United States | Yes | [63] | ||
Rebecca Krohn | Rebecca | Krohn | United States | No | [64] | |||
Ekaterina Krysanova | Ekaterina | Krysanova | 1985 | Russia | Yes | |||
Kateryna Kukhar | Kateryna | Kukhar | 1982 | Ukraine | Yes | |||
Misa Kuranaga | Misa | Kuranaga | 1982 | Japan | Yes | [65] | ||
Ninel Kurgapkina | Ninel | Kurgapkina | 1929 | 2009 | Russia | No | ||
Lucía Lacarra | Lucía | Lacarra | 1975 | Spain | Yes | [66] | ||
Madeleine Lafon | Madeleine | Lafon | 1924 | 1967 | France | No | ||
Isabella LaFreniere | Isabella | LaFreniere | United States | Yes | ||||
Doris Laine | Doris | Laine | 1931 | 2018 | Finland | No | [67] | |
Sarah Lamb | Sarah | Lamb | 1980 | United States | Yes | [68] | ||
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 | [69] | ||
Moscelyne Larkin | Moscelyne | Larkin | 1925 | 2012 | United States | No | ||
Tina LeBlanc | Tina | LeBlanc | 1966 | United States | No | [70] | ||
Tanaquil LeClercq | Tanaquil | LeClercq | 1929 | 2000 | France | No | ||
Sara Leland | Sara | Leland | 1941 | 2020 | United States | No | [71] | |
Olga Lepeshinskaya | Olga | Lepeshinskaya | 1916 | 2008 | Ukraine | No | ||
Agnes Letestu | Agnes | Letestu | 1971 | France | No | |||
Larissa Lezhnina | Larissa | Lezhnina | 1969 | Russia | Yes | |||
Emma Livry | Emma | Livry | 1842 | 1863 | France | No | ||
Maria Elena Llorente | Maria Elena | Llorente | Cuba | No | ||||
Elena Lobsanova | Elena | Lobsanova | Russia. Canada | Yes | [72] | |||
Ulyana Lopatkina | Ulyana | Lopatkina | 1973 | Ukraine | No | |||
Lourdes Lopez | Lourdes | Lopez | 1958 | Cuba/United States | No | |||
Lydia Lopokova | Lydia | Lopokova | 1892 | 1981 | Russia | No | ||
Monique Loudières | Monique | Loudières | 1956 | France | No | |||
Lauren Lovette | Lauren | Lovette | 1993 | United States | Yes | [73] | ||
Svetlana Lunkina | Svetlana | Lunkina | 1979 | Russia | Yes | [74] | ||
Jean Mackenzie | Jean | Mackenzie | 1986 | Canada | No | |||
Lisa Macuja-Elizalde | Lisa | Macuja-Elizalde | 1964 | Philippines | Yes | |||
Natalia Magnicaballi | Natalia | Magnicaballi | Argentina | Yes | ||||
Mayara Magri | Mayara | Magri | 1994 | Brazil | Yes | |||
Natalia Makarova | Natalia | Makarova | 1940 | Russia | No | |||
Maia Makhateli | Maia | Makhateli | 1986 | Georgia | Yes | [75] | ||
Tatiana Mamaki | Tatiana | Mamaki | 1921 | 2007 | Greece | No | ||
Andrée Marlière | Andrée | Marlière | 1934 | 2008 | Belgium | No | ||
Roberta Marquez | Roberta | Marquez | 1977 | Brazil | No | [76] | ||
Nikola Márová | Nikola | Márová | 1980 | Czechoslovakia | Yes | |||
Monica Mason | Monica | Mason | 1941 | South Africa | No | |||
Sophie Martin | Sophie | Martin | 1984 | France | Yes | [77] | ||
Kizzy Matiakis | Kizzy | Matiakis | 1981 | United Kingdom | Yes | [78] | ||
Elisabeth Maurin | Elisabeth | Maurin | 1963 | France | No | |||
Ekaterina Maximova | Ekaterina | Maximova | 1939 | 2009 | Russia | No | ||
Kay Mazzo | Kay | Mazzo | 1946 | United States | No | [79] | ||
Patricia McBride | Patricia | McBride | 1942 | United States | No | |||
Sara Mearns | Sara | Mearns | 1986 | United States | Yes | [80] | ||
Josefina Méndez | Josefina | Méndez | 1941 | 2007 | Cuba | No | ||
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 | [81] | |||
Claire Motte | Claire | Motte | 1937 | 1986 | France | No | ||
Yvonne Mounsey | Yvonne | Mounsey | 1919 | 2012 | South Africa | No | ||
Gillian Murphy | Gillian | Murphy | 1979 | United States | Yes | [82] | ||
Mira Nadon | Mira | Nadon | 2001/2002 | United States | Yes | |||
Yasmine Naghdi | Yasmine | Naghdi | 1992 | United Kingdom | Yes | [83] | ||
Nadia Nerina | Nadia | Nerina | 1927 | 2008 | South Africa | No | ||
Kyra Nichols | Kyra | Nichols | 1958 | United States | No | [84] | ||
Bronislava Nijinska | Bronislava | Nijinska | 1891 | 1972 | Poland | No | ||
Anna Nikulina | Anna | Nikulina | 1985 | Russia | Yes | |||
Irma Nioradze | Irma | Nioradze | 1969 | Georgia | Yes | |||
Nathalie Nordquist | Nathalie | Nordquist | 1979 | Sweden | Yes | |||
Nina Novak | Janina | Nowak | 1927 | 2022 | Poland/Venezuela | No | [85] | |
Marianela Núñez | Marianela | Núñez | 1982 | Argentina | Yes | [86] | ||
Agnes Oaks | Agnes | Oaks | 1970 | Estonia | No | [87] | ||
Maria Oberlander | Maria | Oberlander | 1917 | 2018 | Hungary | No | ||
Evgenia Obraztsova | Evgenia | Obraztsova | 1984 | Russia | Yes | |||
Fernanda Oliveira | Fernanda | Oliveira | 1980 | Brazil | Yes | [88] | ||
Hannah O'Neill | Hannah | O'Neill | 1993 | New Zealand | Yes | |||
Alla Osipenko | Alla | Osipenko | 1932 | Russia | No | |||
Natalia Osipova | Natalia | Osipova | 1986 | Russia | Yes | [89] | ||
Clairemarie Osta | Clairemarie | Osta | 1970 | France | No | [90] | ||
Anna Rose O'Sullivan | Anna Rose | O'Sullivan | 1994 | United Kingdom | Yes | |||
Myriam Ould-Braham | Myriam | Ould-Braham | 1982 | France | Yes | |||
Ethéry Pagava | Ethéry | Pagava | 1932 | 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 | |||
Sae Eun Park | Sae Eun | Park | 1989 | South Korea | Yes | [91] | ||
Wona Park | Wona | Park | South Korea | Yes | ||||
Georgina Parkinson | Georgina | Parkinson | 1938 | 2009 | United Kingdom | No | [92] | |
Veronika Part | Veronika | Part | 1978 | Russia | No | [93] | ||
Annette av Paul | Annette | av Paul | 1944 | Sweden/Canada | No | [94] | ||
Anna Pavlova | Anna | Pavlova | 1881 | 1931 | Russia | No | ||
Nadezhda Pavlova | Nadezhda | Pavlova | 1956 | Russia | No | |||
Ana Pavlovic | Ana | Pavlovic | 1973 | Serbia | Yes | [95] | ||
Tiler Peck | Tiler | Peck | 1989 | United States | Yes | [96] | ||
Unity Phelan | Unity | Phelan | 1995 | United States | Yes | |||
Marie-Claude Pietragalla | Marie-Claude | Pietragalla | 1963 | France | No | |||
Mirta Plá | Mirta | Plá | 1940 | 2003 | Cuba | No | ||
Noëlla Pontois | Noëlla | Pontois | 1943 | France | No | |||
Ida Praetorius | Ida | Praetorius | 1993 | Denmark | Yes | [97] | ||
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 | [98] | ||
Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky | Roma | Pryma-Bohachevsky | 1927 | 2004 | Ukraine | No | ||
Marie Rambert | Marie | Rambert | 1888 | 1982 | Poland | No | ||
Jacqueline Rayet | Jacqueline | Rayet | 1933 | France | No | |||
Teresa Reichlen | Teresa | Reichlen | United States | Yes | [99] | |||
Alice Renavand | Alice | Renavand | 1980 | France | Yes | [100] | ||
Xiomara Reyes | Xiomara | Reyes | 1973 | Cuba | No | |||
Tatiana Riabouchinska | Tatiana | Riabouchinska | 1917 | 2000 | Russia | No | ||
Jenifer Ringer | Jenifer | Ringer | United States | No | [101] | |||
Sonia Rodriguez | Sonia | Rodriguez | 1972 | Canada | No | [102] | ||
Tamara Rojo | Tamara | Rojo | 1974 | Spain | Yes | [103] | ||
Carolina Rosati | Carolina | Rosati | 1826 | 1905 | Italy | No | ||
Danielle Rowe | Danielle | Rowe | 1982 | Australia | No | [104] | ||
Ida Rubinstein | Ida | Rubinstein | 1883 | 1960 | Ukraine | No | ||
Stephanie Saland | Stephanie | Saland | United States | No | [105] | |||
Iana Salenko | Iana | Salenko | 1983 | Ukraine | Yes | [106] | ||
Ekaterina Sankovskaya | Ekaterina | Sankovskaya | 1816 | 1878 | Russia | No | ||
Luciana Savignano | Luciana | Savignano | 1943 | Italy | No | |||
Jeanne Schwarz | Jeanne | Schwarz | 1887 | 1970 | France | No | ||
Solange Schwarz | Solange | Schwarz | 1910 | 2000 | France | No | ||
Amber Scott | Amber | Scott | Australia | Yes | [107] | |||
Rina Schenfeld | Rina | Schenfeld | 1938 | Israel | No | [108] | ||
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 | [109] | ||
Eleonora Sevenard | Eleonora | Sevenard | 1998 | Russia | Yes | |||
Lynn Seymour | Lynn | Seymour | 1939 | Canada | No | |||
Moira Shearer | Moira | Shearer | 1926 | 2006 | United Kingdom | No | ||
Christine Shevchenko | Christine | Shevchenko | 1988 | Ukraine | Yes | [110] | ||
Ekaterina Shipulina | Ekaterina | Shipulina | 1979 | Russia | Yes | |||
Antoinette Sibley | Antoinette | Sibley | 1939 | United Kingdom | No | |||
Alla Sizova | Alla | Sizova | 1939 | 2014 | Russia | No | ||
Mia Slavenska | Mia | Slavenska | 1916 | 2002 | Croatia | No | ||
Jennie Somogyi | Jennie | Somogyi | United States | No | [111] | |||
Alina Somova | Alina | Somova | 1985 | Russia | Yes | |||
Olga Spessivtseva | Olga | Spessivtseva | 1895 | 1991 | Russia | No | ||
Abi Stafford | Abi | Stafford | United States | Yes | [112] | |||
Jennifer Stahl | Jennifer | Stahl | United States | Yes | ||||
Anastasia Stashkevich | Anastasia | Stashkevich | 1984 | Russia | Yes | |||
Tatiana Stepanova | Tatiana | Stepanova | 1962 | Ukraine | No | |||
Yulia Stepanova | Yulia | Stepanova | Russia | Yes | ||||
Rosario Suárez | Rosario | Suárez | 1953 | Cuba | No | |||
Madoka Sugai | Madoka | Sugai | 1994 | Japan | Yes | |||
Laurretta Summerscales | Laurretta | Summerscales | United Kingdom | Yes | [113] | |||
Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa | Mariia | Surovshchikova-Petipa | 1836 | 1882 | Russia | No | ||
Sofiane Sylve | Sofiane | Sylve | 1976 | France | Yes | [114] | ||
Marie Taglioni | Marie | Taglioni | 1804 | 1884 | Sweden | No | ||
Akane Takada | Akane | Takada | 1990 | Japan | Yes | [115] | ||
Erina Takahashi | Erina | Takahashi | Japan | Yes | [116] | |||
Maria Tallchief | Maria | Tallchief | 1925 | 2013 | United States | No | ||
Marjorie Tallchief | Marjorie | Tallchief | 1926 | 2021 | United States | No | ||
Yuan Yuan Tan | Yuan Yuan | Tan | 1976 | China | Yes | |||
Janie Taylor | Janie | Taylor | United States | Yes | [117] | |||
Ludmilla Tchérina | Ludmilla | Tchérina | 1924 | 2004 | France | No | ||
Veronica Tennant | Veronica | Tennant | 1946 | United Kingdom | No | |||
Devon Teuscher | Devon | Teuscher | 1989 | United States | Yes | [118] | ||
Ghislaine Thesmar | Ghislaine | Thesmar | 1943 | China | No | |||
Nanon Thibon | Nanon | Thibon | 1943 | France | No | |||
Tamara Toumanova | Tamara | Toumanova | 1919 | 1996 | Russia | No | ||
Vera Trefilova | Vera | Trefilova | 1875 | 1943 | Russia | No | ||
Cassandra Trenary | Cassandra | Trenary | United States | Yes | [119] | |||
Anna Tsygankova | Anna | Tsygankova | 1979 | Russia | Yes | [120] | ||
Viengsay Valdés | Viengsay | Valdés | 1976 | Cuba | Yes | |||
Ambra Vallo | Ambra | Vallo | Italy | Yes | ||||
Sarah Van Patten | Sarah | Van Patten | 1984 | United States | Yes | [121] | ||
Christiane Vaussard | Christiane | Vaussard | 1923 | 2011 | France | No | ||
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 | No | |||
Christine Vlassi | Christine | Vlassi | France | No | ||||
Jocelyn Vollmar | Jocelyn | Vollmar | 1925 | 2018 | United States | No | ||
Anastasia Volochkova | Anastasia | Volochkova | 1976 | Russia | Yes | |||
Nina Vyroubova | Nina | Vyroubova | 1921 | 2007 | Russia | No | ||
Katita Waldo | Katita | Waldo | 1968 | Spain | No | [122] | ||
Miranda Weese | Miranda | Weese | United States | No | [123] | |||
Doreen Wells | Doreen | Wells | 1937 | United Kingdom | No | |||
Wendy Whelan | Wendy | Whelan | 1967 | United States | No | [124] | ||
Indiana Woodward | Indiana | Woodward | 1993 or 1994 | France | Yes | |||
Belinda Wright | Belinda | Wright | 1929 | 2007 | United Kingdom | No | ||
Zhu Yan | Zhu | Yan | China | Yes | [125] | |||
Zenaida Yanowsky | Zenaida | Yanowsky | 1975 | Spain | No | [126] | ||
Miyako Yoshida | Miyako | Yoshida | 1965 | Japan | No | [127] | ||
Vanessa Zahorian | Vanessa | Zahorian | United States | No | [128] | |||
Svetlana Zakharova | Svetlana | Zakharova | 1979 | Ukraine | Yes | [129] | ||
Carlotta Zambelli | Carlotta | Zambelli | 1875 | 1968 | Italy | No | ||
Wanting Zhao | Wanting | Zhao | China | Yes |