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.

Cast

Fame

Coco

Sparkle

Sparkle

Happily Ever After

Snow White (voice)

City Heat

Ginny Lee

Bring Back... Fame

Self

Certain Fury

Tracy

Busted Up

Simone

Aaron Loves Angela

Angela

Caged in Paradiso

Eva

D.C. Cab

Irene Cara

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

Myrlie Evers

Disco Explosion - Flash Back

Self

On Location with: FAME

Self - ‘Coco’

Style Wars

Self

Sister, Sister

Sissy Lovejoy

The Jungle King

Leonette

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty (voice)

Killing 'em Softly

Jane

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1

Self

Apple Pie

Dancer