Actor
Irene Cara
67 years · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · 17 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 17
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
On Tubi TV
Certain Fury
1985 · Tracy
City Heat
1984 · Ginny Lee
Style Wars
1984 · Self
On Philo
D.C. Cab
1983 · Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · Myrlie Evers
On Tubi TV
Killing 'em Softly
1982 · Jane
Sister, Sister
1982 · Sissy Lovejoy
Fame
1980 · Coco Hernandez
Apple Pie
1976 · Dancer
Sparkle
1976 · Sparkle
On Hoopla
Aaron Loves Angela
1975 · Angela