Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 18, 1959
Died
Nov 25, 2022
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
41 titles
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
Filmography
Bring Back... Fame
Self
Gone Country
Self
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
Self
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
Self
Die ultimative Chartshow
Self
Where Are They Now?
Self
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Theme Song Performance
Happily Ever After
Snow White (voice)
Caged in Paradiso
Eva
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Self
4 gegen Willi
Self
Busted Up
Simone
The Longshot
Theme Song Performance
Certain Fury
Tracy
City Heat
Ginny Lee
Going Bananas
Theme Song Performance
Style Wars
Self
D.C. Cab
Irene Cara
Flashdance
Songs
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers
Killing 'em Softly
Jane
Trans
Songs
Sister, Sister
Sissy Lovejoy
Champs-Elysées
Self
American Playhouse
Myrlie Evans
Wetten, dass..?
Self
On Location with: FAME
Self - ‘Coco’
Show-Express
Self
Solid Gold
Self
Fame
Coco Hernandez
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Alice Jefferson
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self
Roots: The Next Generations
Bertha Palmer Haley
Apple Pie
Dancer
What's Happening!!
Maria
Sparkle
Sparkle
Aaron Loves Angela
Angela
Kojak
Amy
The Electric Company
Iris - Member of the Short Circus
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self