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.

Actor

1975

[ ] Aaron Loves Angela (Angela)

1976

[ ] Sparkle (Sparkle)
[ ] Apple Pie (Dancer)

1980

[ ] Fame (Coco)

1982

[ ] Sister, Sister (Sissy Lovejoy)
[ ] Killing 'em Softly (Jane)

1983

[ ] D.C. Cab (Irene Cara)
[ ] For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (Myrlie Evers)

1984

[ ] City Heat (Ginny Lee)
[ ] Style Wars (Self)

1985

[ ] Certain Fury (Tracy)

1986

[ ] Busted Up (Simone)

1989

[ ] Happily Ever After (Snow White (voice))
[ ] Caged in Paradiso (Eva)

1992

[ ] Beauty and the Beast (Beauty (voice))

????

[ ] On Location with: FAME (Self - ‘Coco’)