Irene Cara
ActingAlso Known As
Irene T. Escalera, Irene Cara Escalera, Айрин Кара, Ирен Кара
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
(18 total)
Fame
as Coco Hernandez
City Heat
as Ginny Lee
D.C. Cab
as Irene Cara
Style Wars
as Self
Happily Ever After
as Snow White (voice)
Certain Fury
as Tracy
Sparkle
as Sparkle
Apple Pie
as Dancer
Aaron Loves Angela
as Angela
Busted Up
as Simone
Caged in Paradiso
as Eva
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Myrlie Evers
Sister, Sister
as Sissy Lovejoy
Killing 'em Softly
as Jane
TV Shows
(18 total)
Kojak
as Amy
Roots: The Next Generations
as Bertha Palmer Haley
Roots: The Next Generations
as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
What's Happening!!
as Maria
The Electric Company
as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Alice Jefferson
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as Self
Solid Gold
as Self
Where Are They Now?
as Self
Gone Country
as Self