About
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
Bring Back... Fame2008 · Self
Disco Explosion - Flash Back2007 · Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 12006 · Self
Happily Ever After1989 · Snow White (voice)
Caged in Paradiso1989 · Eva
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief1989 · Self
Busted Up1986 · Simone
Certain Fury1985 · Tracy
City Heat1984 · Ginny Lee
Style Wars1984 · Self
D.C. Cab1983 · Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers1983 · Myrlie Evers
Killing 'em Softly1982 · Jane
Sister, Sister1982 · Sissy Lovejoy
On Location with: FAME1980 · Self - ‘Coco’
Fame1980 · Coco Hernandez
Apple Pie1976 · Dancer
Sparkle1976 · Sparkle
Aaron Loves Angela1975 · Angela