Irene Cara
Acting
1959-03-18 — 2022-11-25The 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.
Known For
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · tv
6.3
Champs-Elysées
1982 · tv
7.1
Kojak
1973 · tv
5.3
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · tv
7.4
What's Happening!!
1976 · tv
6.4
Fame
1980 · movie
6.0
Solid Gold
1980 · tv
7.2
The Electric Company
1971 · tv
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · tv
3.8
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980 · tv
7.2
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · tv
Gone Country
2008 · tv
5.5
City Heat
1984 · movie
5.2
D.C. Cab
1983 · movie
7.4
Sparkle
1976 · movie
5.7
Happily Ever After
1989 · movie
5.1
Certain Fury
1985 · movie
7.5
Style Wars
1984 · movie
Sister, Sister
1982 · movie
4.2
Apple Pie
1976 · movie
4.2
Aaron Loves Angela
1975 · movie
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · movie
6.0
Caged in Paradiso
1989 · movie
6.5
Busted Up
1986 · movie
Killing 'em Softly
1982 · movie
7.5
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007 · movie
8.2
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006 · movie