Irene Cara
Irene Cara
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
Actor
as Self - ‘Coco’
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Leonette
as Beauty (voice)
as Marilyn (voice)
as Snow White (voice)
as Eva
as Simone
as Self
as Tracy
as Ginny Lee
as Self
as Irene Cara
as Myrlie Evers
as Jane
as Sissy Lovejoy
as Self
as Self
as Coco
as Self
as Self
as Alice Jefferson
as Self
as Bertha Palmer Haley
as Dancer
as Sparkle
as Maria
as Angela
as Amy
as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
as Daisy Allen
Sound
as Theme Song Performance