Irene Cara

Actor

Born: March 18, 1959
Died: November 25, 2022 (age 63)
From: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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 (19)

Bring Back... Fame
Bring Back... Fame (2008)
Self
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
Certain Fury (1985)
Tracy
City Heat (1984)
Ginny Lee
Style Wars (1984)
Self
D.C. Cab (1983)
Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
Myrlie Evers
Killing 'em Softly (1982)
Jane
Sister, Sister (1982)
Sissy Lovejoy
On Location with: FAME
On Location with: FAME (1980)
Self - ‘Coco’
Fame (1980)
Coco Hernandez
Apple Pie (1976)
Dancer
Sparkle (1976)
Sparkle
Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
Angela