Irene Cara
Known for: Acting
Born: March 18, 1959
Died: November 25, 2022
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
22 movies · 18 TV shows, newest first
NR
Bring Back... Fame
2008
NR
Gone Country
2008
7.5
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007
8.2
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
200610.0
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
20056.3
Die ultimative Chartshow
20037.5
Where Are They Now?
1999
6.8
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
5.8
Happily Ever After
1989
5.0
Caged in Paradiso
1989
NR
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989NR
4 gegen Willi
1986
6.5
Busted Up
1986
5.1
Certain Fury
1985
5.5
City Heat
1984
7.5
Going Bananas
1984
7.5
Style Wars
1984
5.2
D.C. Cab
1983
6.5
Flashdance
1983
7.0
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
9.0
Killing 'em Softly
1982
NR
Trans
1982
7.5
Sister, Sister
1982
6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
5.6
Wetten, dass..?
19816.7
On Location with: FAME
1980NR
Show-Express
1980
6.3
Solid Gold
1980
6.4
Fame
1980
7.3
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
4.7
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
5.2
Apple Pie
1976
7.4
What's Happening!!
1976
7.3
Sparkle
1976
5.4
Aaron Loves Angela
1975
7.2
Kojak
1973
7.3
The Electric Company
1971
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962