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