Lara Rae (born 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland), formerly known as Al Rae, is a Canadian comedian, best known as the longtime artistic director of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and as a performer on the CBC Radio One comedy series The Debaters. She has also been a writer for radio and television, including on Blackfly, Big Sound, Little Mosque on the Prairie, What a Week, Definitely Not the Opera and Monsoon House. She has been a three-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee and a Gemini Award nominee for her work on Little Mosque.