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.
Fame
As Coco
Sparkle
As Sparkle
Happily Ever After
As Snow White (voice)
City Heat
As Ginny Lee
Bring Back... Fame
As Self
Certain Fury
As Tracy
Busted Up
As Simone
Aaron Loves Angela
As Angela
Caged in Paradiso
As Eva
D.C. Cab
As Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
As Myrlie Evers
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
As Self
On Location with: FAME
As Self - ‘Coco’
Style Wars
As Self
The Magic Voyage
As Marilyn (voice)
Sister, Sister
As Sissy Lovejoy
The Jungle King
As Leonette
Beauty and the Beast
As Beauty (voice)
Killing 'em Softly
As Jane
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
As Self
Apple Pie
As Dancer
What's Happening!!
As Maria
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
As Self
Solid Gold
As Self
Love of Life
As Daisy Allen
Kojak
As Amy
The Electric Company
As Iris - Member of the Short Circus
Roots: The Next Generations
As Bertha Palmer Haley
Where Are They Now?
As Self
Wetten, dass..?
As Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
As Self
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
As Alice Jefferson
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
As Self
Gone Country
As Self
Die ultimative Chartshow
As Self
Show-Express
As Self
Champs-Elysées
As Self
4 gegen Willi
As Self
