A matriarch or clan-mother or 'chief' is a mother, or other female person in a family who rules a clan or kinship.

Matriarch may also refer to:

Film and television The Matriarch, a 2007 film directed by Markku Pölönen Matriarch (film), a 2022 film directed by Ben Steiner Matriarch Productions, a British film production company owned by actors Stephen Graham and his wife Hannah Walters

Music Matriarch (album), by Veil of Maya "Matriarch", a song by Arca from Sheep, 2015 Matriarch Records, an American record label owned by Mary J. Blige

Other uses Matriarch (novel), by Karen Traviss

See also Matriarchs (disambiguation) Matriarchal religion