
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.
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Fame (1980)
as Coco Hernandez

City Heat (1984)
as Ginny Lee

D.C. Cab (1983)
as Irene Cara

Style Wars (1984)
as Self

Happily Ever After (1989)
as Snow White (voice)

Busted Up (1986)
as Simone

Sparkle (1976)
as Sparkle

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief (1989)
as Self

Certain Fury (1985)
as Tracy

Sister, Sister (1982)
as Sissy Lovejoy

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
as Myrlie Evers

Apple Pie (1976)
as Dancer

Caged in Paradiso (1989)
as Eva

Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
as Angela
On Location with: FAME (1980)
as Self - ‘Coco’
Bring Back... Fame (2008)
as Self

Killing 'em Softly (1982)
as Jane

Disco Explosion - Flash Back (2007)
as Self

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 (2006)
as Self





