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