Irene Cara

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

Roots: The Next Generations

Bertha Palmer Haley

Roots: The Next Generations

Bertha Palmer (archive footage)

Kojak

Amy

Where Are They Now?

Self

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

Myrlie Evers

Solid Gold

Self

Killing 'em Softly

Jane

Die ultimative Chartshow

Self

The Electric Company

Iris - Member of the Short Circus

On Location with: FAME

Self - ‘Coco’

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Self

Fame

Coco

What's Happening!!

Maria

Love of Life

Daisy Allen

City Heat

Ginny Lee

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Alice Jefferson

Certain Fury

Tracy

Sparkle

Sparkle

Apple Pie

Dancer

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1

Self

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty (voice)

Busted Up

Simone

Happily Ever After

Snow White (voice)

Sister, Sister

Sissy Lovejoy

D.C. Cab

Irene Cara

Disco Explosion - Flash Back

Self

Gone Country

Self

4 gegen Willi

Self

Aaron Loves Angela

Angela

Bring Back... Fame

Self

Style Wars

Self

Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

Self

The Jungle King

Leonette

Caged in Paradiso

Eva

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Champs-Elysées

Self

Wetten, dass..?

Self

Show-Express

Self

Photos

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