Irene Cara

Personal Info

Birthday

March 18, 1959

Day of Death

2022-11-25

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Irene T. Escalera

Irene Cara Escalera

Айрин Кара

Ирен Кара

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

Kojak

The Electric Company

Roots: The Next Generations

What's Happening!!

Certain Fury

Fame

Love of Life

City Heat

Filmography

2008
Bring Back... Fame
as Self
2007
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
as Self
2006
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
as Self
1994
The Jungle King
as Leonette
1992
Beauty and the Beast
as Beauty (voice)
The Magic Voyage
as Marilyn (voice)
1989
Happily Ever After
as Snow White (voice)
Caged in Paradiso
as Eva
1986
Busted Up
as Simone
1985
Certain Fury
as Tracy
1984
City Heat
as Ginny Lee
Style Wars
as Self
1983
D.C. Cab
as Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Myrlie Evers
1982
Killing 'em Softly
as Jane
Sister, Sister
as Sissy Lovejoy
1980
Fame
as Coco
1976
Apple Pie
as Dancer
Sparkle
as Sparkle
1975
Aaron Loves Angela
as Angela