Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, better known by the stage name Carmen Miranda  February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955) was Portuguese born samba singer and actress popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

Miranda was a Broadway star and by some accounts the highest-earning woman in the United States. She achieved stardom in motion pictures, cast in musical roles. Her iconic visual identity is a fruit hat based on costumes she wore in The Gang's All Here. She is considered the precursor of Brazil's Tropicalismo.