Ana Carolina (born 27 September 1943) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She directed seven films between 1969 and 2003.

In 1978, she was a member of the jury at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Her 1982 film Heart and Guts was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Ana Carolina Teixeira Soares attended school with the intention of becoming a doctor, but instead changed direction and became a filmmaker.