Siobhán McKenna (May 24, 1923 - November 16, 1986), was a Irish stage and screen actress.

Born Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Cionnaith in Belfast, Northern Ireland, she grew up speaking fluent Gaelic. She was still in her teens when she became a member of an amateur Gaelic theatre group and made her stage debut at Galway's Gaelic Theatre in 1940. She is also remembered for her English-language performances at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin where she would eventually star in what many consider her finest role in the George Bernard Shaw play, "Saint Joan." While performing at the Abbey Theatre she met actor Dennis O'Dea whom she married in 1956.

In 1947 she debuted on the London stage and on Broadway in 1955 in "The Chalk Garden" for which she would receive a Tony Award nomination for "Best Actress in a Leading Role, Drama." In 1956, she appeared in the Cambridge Drama Festival production of "Saint Joan" at the Off-Broadway Phoenix Theatre. Theatre critic Elliot Norton called her performance the finest portrayal of Joan in memory. Siobhán McKenna's popularity earned her the cover of Life magazine. She received a second "Tony" Best actress nomination for her role in the 1958 play, "The Rope Dancers" in which she starred with Art Carney and Joan Blondell.

Although primarily a stage actress, McKenna appeared in a number of made-for-television films and dramas plus acted in several motion pictures including 1961's King of Kings, starring in the role of the Virgin Mary. In 1964 she performed in Of Human Bondage and the following year in Doctor Zhivago.

McKenna was awarded the Gold Medal of the Eire Society of Boston, Massachusetts for having "significantly fulfilled the ideals of the Eire Society, in particular, spreading awareness of the cultural achievements of the Irish people."

Siobhán McKenna's final stage appearance came in the 1985 play "Bailegangaire" for the Druid Theatre Company. Suffering from lung cancer, she died the following year in Dublin, Ireland and was interred in the Rahoon Cemetery in Galway, Ireland. The inscription on her tomb is in the Gaelic language only.