Irene Cara
Biography
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
39
Gender
Female
Birthday
1959-03-18 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Acting
2008
Gone Country as Self2008
Bring Back... Fame as Self2007
Disco Explosion - Flash Back as Self2006
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 as Self2005
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time as Self2003
Die ultimative Chartshow as Self1999
Where Are They Now? as Self1994
The Jungle King as Leonette1992
Beauty and the Beast as Beauty (voice)1992
The Magic Voyage as Marilyn (voice)1989
Happily Ever After as Snow White (voice)1989
Caged in Paradiso as Eva1986
4 gegen Willi as Self1986
Busted Up as Simone1985
Certain Fury as Tracy1984
Style Wars as Self1984
City Heat as Ginny Lee1983
D.C. Cab as Irene Cara1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Myrlie Evers1982
Champs-Elysées as Self1982
Sister, Sister as Sissy Lovejoy1982
Killing 'em Softly as Jane1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß? as Self1980
Solid Gold as Self1980
Fame as Coco1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Alice Jefferson1980
Show-Express as Self1979
Roots: The Next Generations as Bertha Palmer Haley1976
What's Happening!! as Maria1976
Sparkle as Sparkle1976
Apple Pie as Dancer1975
Aaron Loves Angela as Angela1973
Kojak as Amy1971
The Electric Company as Iris - Member of the Short Circus1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self1951
Love of Life as Daisy AllenNaN
On Location with: FAME as Self - ‘Coco’Crew
1984
Going Bananas Theme Song Performance