Irene Cara
Actor
Born March 18, 1959 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Gone Country
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Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
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Happily Ever After
Snow White (voice)
Caged in Paradiso
Eva
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Self
Busted Up
Simone
Certain Fury
Tracy
City Heat
Ginny Lee
Going Bananas
Style Wars
Self
D.C. Cab
Irene Cara
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers
Killing 'em Softly
Jane
Sister, Sister
Sissy Lovejoy
Champs-Elysées
Self
American Playhouse
Myrlie Evans
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Solid Gold
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Fame
Coco Hernandez
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Alice Jefferson
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
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Roots: The Next Generations
Bertha Palmer Haley
Apple Pie
Dancer
What's Happening!!
Maria
Sparkle
Sparkle
Aaron Loves Angela
Angela
Kojak
Amy
The Electric Company
Iris - Member of the Short Circus
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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