Irene Cara

Acting

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 36

Movies (19)

Bring Back... Fame
2008
Self
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007
Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006
Self
Happily Ever After
1989
Snow White (voice)
Caged in Paradiso
1989
Eva
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989
Self
Busted Up
1986
Simone
Certain Fury
1985
Tracy
City Heat
1984
Ginny Lee
Style Wars
1984
Self
D.C. Cab
1983
Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Myrlie Evers
Killing 'em Softly
1982
Jane
Sister, Sister
1982
Sissy Lovejoy
On Location with: FAME
1980
Self - ‘Coco’
Fame
1980
Coco Hernandez
Apple Pie
1976
Dancer
Sparkle
1976
Sparkle
Aaron Loves Angela
1975
Angela

Shows (17)

Gone Country
2008
Self
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
2005
Self
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003
Self
Where Are They Now?
1999
Self
4 gegen Willi
1986
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
Self
American Playhouse
1982
Myrlie Evans
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Self
Show-Express
1980
Self
Solid Gold
1980
Self
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
Alice Jefferson
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
Self
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Bertha Palmer Haley
What's Happening!!
1976
Maria
Kojak
1973
Amy
The Electric Company
1971
Iris - Member of the Short Circus
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self