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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Fame (1980) — Coco Hernandez
2. City Heat (1984) — Ginny Lee
3. Kojak (1973) — Amy
4. D.C. Cab (1983) — Irene Cara
5. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
6. Style Wars (1984) — Self
7. Happily Ever After (1989) — Snow White (voice)
8. Roots: The Next Generations (1979) — Bertha Palmer Haley
9. What's Happening!! (1976) — Maria
10. Certain Fury (1985) — Tracy
11. The Electric Company (1971) — Iris - Member of the Short Circus
12. Sparkle (1976) — Sparkle
13. Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) — Alice Jefferson
14. Wetten, dass..? (1981) — Self
15. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
16. American Playhouse (1982) — Myrlie Evans
17. Apple Pie (1976) — Dancer
18. Verstehen Sie Spaß? (1980) — Self
19. Aaron Loves Angela (1975) — Angela
20. Busted Up (1986) — Simone
21. Solid Gold (1980) — Self
22. Caged in Paradiso (1989) — Eva
23. On Location with: FAME (1980) — Self - ‘Coco’
24. Love of Life (1951) — Daisy Allen
25. Die ultimative Chartshow (2003) — Self
26. Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 (2006) — Self
27. Where Are They Now? (1999) — Self
28. For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983) — Myrlie Evers
29. Disco Explosion - Flash Back (2007) — Self
30. Sister, Sister (1982) — Sissy Lovejoy
31. Killing 'em Softly (1982) — Jane
32. Hit Me, Baby, One More Time (2005) — Self
33. Bring Back... Fame (2008) — Self
34. Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief (1989) — Self
35. Gone Country (2008) — Self
36. Show-Express (1980) — Self
37. 4 gegen Willi (1986) — Self