Irene Cara
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.
Filmography · 29
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
American Playhouse
1982 · Myrlie Evans
Kojak
1973 · Amy
Solid Gold
1980 · Self
The Electric Company
1971 · Iris - Member of the S...
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980 · Self
What's Happening!!
1976 · Maria
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Bertha Palmer Haley
Fame
1980 · Coco Hernandez
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · Alice Jefferson
City Heat
1984 · Ginny Lee
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989 · Self
Gone Country
2008 · Self
D.C. Cab
1983 · Irene Cara
Happily Ever After
1989 · Snow White (voice)
Busted Up
1986 · Simone
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006 · Self
Sparkle
1976 · Sparkle
Certain Fury
1985 · Tracy
Style Wars
1984 · Self
Caged in Paradiso
1989 · Eva
Sister, Sister
1982 · Sissy Lovejoy
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · Myrlie Evers
Aaron Loves Angela
1975 · Angela
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007 · Self
Apple Pie
1976 · Dancer
Killing 'em Softly
1982 · Jane