Irene Cara

Known for: Acting

Born: 1959-03-18 – 2022-11-25 (aged 63)

From: 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.

Filmography (37)

MOVIE
Bring Back... Fame
2008
as Self
TV
Gone Country
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.2
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006
as Self
TV★ 10.0
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
2005
as Self
TV★ 6.3
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Happily Ever After
1989
as Snow White (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Caged in Paradiso
1989
as Eva
MOVIE
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989
as Self
TV
4 gegen Willi
1986
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Busted Up
1986
as Simone
MOVIE★ 5.2
Certain Fury
1985
as Tracy
MOVIE★ 5.5
City Heat
1984
as Ginny Lee
MOVIE★ 7.5
Style Wars
1984
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
D.C. Cab
1983
as Irene Cara
MOVIE★ 7.0
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
as Myrlie Evers
MOVIE★ 9.0
Killing 'em Softly
1982
as Jane
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sister, Sister
1982
as Sissy Lovejoy
TV★ 6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Myrlie Evans
TV★ 5.4
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
On Location with: FAME
1980
as Self - ‘Coco’
TV
Show-Express
1980
as Self
TV★ 6.3
Solid Gold
1980
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Fame
1980
as Coco Hernandez
TV★ 7.3
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Alice Jefferson
TV★ 4.7
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
as Self
TV★ 7.4
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Bertha Palmer Haley
MOVIE★ 5.2
Apple Pie
1976
as Dancer
TV★ 7.4
What's Happening!!
1976
as Maria
MOVIE★ 7.3
Sparkle
1976
as Sparkle
MOVIE★ 5.4
Aaron Loves Angela
1975
as Angela
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
as Amy
TV★ 7.3
The Electric Company
1971
as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.7
Love of Life
1951
as Daisy Allen