Irene Cara
- Acting
- March 18, 1959 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- November 25, 2022
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The 80s: A Motion Picture Special · Songs
- Bring Back... Fame · Self
- Gone Country · Self
- Disco Explosion - Flash Back · Self
- Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 · Self
- Hit Me, Baby, One More Time · Self
- Die ultimative Chartshow · Self
- Where Are They Now? · Self
- All Dogs Go to Heaven · Theme Song Performance
- Happily Ever After · Snow White (Voice)
- Caged in Paradiso · Eva
- Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief · Self
- 4 gegen Willi · Self
- Busted Up · Simone, Songs
- The Longshot · Theme Song Performance
- Certain Fury · Tracy
- City Heat · Ginny Lee, Songs
- Going Bananas · Theme Song Performance
- Style Wars · Self
- D.C. Cab · Irene Cara
- Flashdance · Songs
- For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers · Myrlie Evers
- Killing 'em Softly · Jane
- Trans · Songs
- Sister, Sister · Sissy Lovejoy
- Champs-Elysées · Self
- American Playhouse · Myrlie Evans
- Wetten, dass..? · Self
- On Location with: FAME · Self
- Show-Express · Self
- Solid Gold · Self
- Fame · Coco Hernandez, Songs
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones · Alice Jefferson
- Verstehen Sie Spaß? · Self
- Roots: The Next Generations · Bertha Palmer Haley, Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
- Apple Pie · Dancer
- What's Happening!! · Maria
- Sparkle · Sparkle, Songs
- Aaron Loves Angela · Angela
- Kojak · Amy
- The Electric Company · Iris - Member of the Short Circus
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self