Irene Cara
Actor
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.
Filmography
City Heat
as Ginny Lee 1984
D.C. Cab
as Irene Cara 1983
Happily Ever After
as Snow White (voice) 1989
Style Wars
as Self 1984
Beauty and the Beast
as Beauty (voice) 1992
Certain Fury
as Tracy 1985
Sparkle
as Sparkle 1976
The Jungle King
as Leonette 1994
Apple Pie
as Dancer 1976
Aaron Loves Angela
as Angela 1975
Busted Up
as Simone 1986
Caged in Paradiso
as Eva 1989
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
as Self 2006
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
as Self 2007
On Location with: FAME
as Self - ‘Coco’ TBA
Bring Back... Fame
as Self 2008