Lea Padovani (28 July 1920 – 23 June 1991) was an Italian film actress.

She appeared in 60 films between 1945 and 1990. She starred in the film Black Dossier which was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.

Selected filmography

• Outcry (1946)
• I cavalieri dalle maschere nere(1948)
• Call of the Blood (1948)
• Give Us This Day also known as Christ in Concrete (1949)
• Call of the Blood (1949)
• Honeymoon Deferred (1950)
• The Accusation (1951)
• Three Steps North (1951)
• Rome 11:00 (1952)
• Toto and the Women (1952)
• One of Those (1953)
• Guai ai vinti (1954)
• A Slice of Life (1954)
• La tua donna (1954)
• Mid-Century Loves (1954)
• Il seduttore (1954)
• Black Dossier (1955)
• Folgore Division (1955)
• Scandal in Sorrento (1955)
• The Intruder (1956)
• The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)
• The Naked Maja (1958)
• La Princesse de Clèves (1961)
• The Reluctant Saint (1962)
• Germinal (1963)
• Almost a Man (1966)
• Our Men in Bagdad (1966)
• Candy (1968)
• So Long Gulliver (1970)
• Ehrengard (1982)
• The King's Whore (1990)

In popular culture

Padovani (played by Paz Vega) was a central character in the mostly-fictional 2006 film Fade to Black.