Irene Cara
Actor · ComposerIrene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 - November 25, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and actress. Cara sang and co-wrote the song Flashdance... What a Feeling from the film Flashdance. She won an Oscar for Best Original Song as a co writer. Cara rose to fame as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 film Fame, and the hit song "Fame" spawned from the movie.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR19
- Bring Back... Fame
Bring Back... Fame
2008
Self
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007
Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006
Self
Happily Ever After
1989
Snow White (voice)
Caged in Paradiso
1989
Eva
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989
Self
Busted Up
1986
Simone
Certain Fury
1985
Tracy
City Heat
1984
Ginny Lee
Style Wars
1984
Self
D.C. Cab
1983
Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Myrlie Evers
Sister, Sister
1982
Sissy Lovejoy
Killing 'em Softly
1982
Jane
Fame
1980
Coco Hernandez
- On Location with: FAME
On Location with: FAME
1980
Self - ‘Coco’
Sparkle
1976
Sparkle
Apple Pie
1976
Dancer
Aaron Loves Angela
1975
Angela
