Yvonne Lara da Costa (April 13, 1921 – April 16, 2018), better known as Dona Ivone Lara, was a Brazilian singer and composer. She was born in Rio de Janeiro. Before her music career began, she was a nurse. Her career as a composer came in 1965, with "Os cinco bailes da história do Rio" (The Five Balls of the History of Rio) when she became the first woman to become part of the ala de compositores (Wing of the Composers) of a samba school.