Rita Angela is a Danish stage and screen actress. She was trained as an actress at Århus Teaters Skole, from 1951 to 1953, then worked as a theatrical actress at Odense Teater and several Copenhagen stages. Her film debut in a major role was in Den rige enke (1962), and she has since been seen in a number of television productions and short films. Between 1990 and 1996 she was also a director of children's theatre in Odense.