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