Irene Cara
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Irene 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.
Known for
Credits
City Heat (1984)
as Ginny Lee
Fame (1980)
as Coco Hernandez
Happily Ever After (1989)
as Snow White (voice)
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief (1989)
as Self
D.C. Cab (1983)
as Irene Cara
Busted Up (1986)
as Simone
Sparkle (1976)
as Sparkle
Certain Fury (1985)
as Tracy
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
as Myrlie Evers
Style Wars (1984)
as Self
Caged in Paradiso (1989)
as Eva
Bring Back... Fame (2008)
as Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 (2006)
as Self
Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
as Angela
Sister, Sister (1982)
as Sissy Lovejoy
On Location with: FAME (1980)
as Self - ‘Coco’
Apple Pie (1976)
as Dancer
Disco Explosion - Flash Back (2007)
as Self
Killing 'em Softly (1982)
as Jane