Irene Cara
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 (36 titles)
Bring Back... Fame
Self · 2008
ShowGone Country
Self · 2008
7.5MovieDisco Explosion - Flash Back
Self · 2007
8.2MovieGet Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
Self · 2006
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
Self · 2005
Die ultimative Chartshow
Self · 2003
Where Are They Now?
Self · 1999
5.8MovieHappily Ever After
Snow White (voice) · 1989
5.0MovieCaged in Paradiso
Eva · 1989
MovieFriend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Self · 1989
4 gegen Willi
Self · 1986
6.5MovieBusted Up
Simone · 1986
5.1MovieCertain Fury
Tracy · 1985
5.5MovieCity Heat
Ginny Lee · 1984
7.5MovieStyle Wars
Self · 1984
5.2MovieD.C. Cab
Irene Cara · 1983
7.0MovieFor Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers · 1983
9.0MovieKilling 'em Softly
Jane · 1982
7.5MovieSister, Sister
Sissy Lovejoy · 1982
6.8ShowChamps-Elysées
Self · 1982
6.6ShowAmerican Playhouse
Myrlie Evans · 1982
5.6ShowWetten, dass..?
Self · 1981
On Location with: FAME
Self - ‘Coco’ · 1980
Show-Express
Self · 1980