Acting · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · Born March 18, 1959
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.
Bring Back... Fame
2008
as Self
TVGone Country
2008
as Self
MovieDisco Explosion - Flash Back
2007
as Self
MovieGet Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006
as Self
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
2005
as Self
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003
as Self
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
MovieHappily Ever After
1989
as Snow White (voice)
MovieCaged in Paradiso
1989
as Eva
MovieFriend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989
as Self
4 gegen Willi
1986
as Self
MovieBusted Up
1986
as Simone
MovieCertain Fury
1985
as Tracy
MovieCity Heat
1984
as Ginny Lee
MovieStyle Wars
1984
as Self
MovieD.C. Cab
1983
as Irene Cara
MovieFor Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
as Myrlie Evers
MovieKilling 'em Softly
1982
as Jane
MovieSister, Sister
1982
as Sissy Lovejoy
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Myrlie Evans
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
On Location with: FAME
1980
as Self - ‘Coco’
Show-Express
1980
as Self
TVSolid Gold
1980
as Self
MovieFame
1980
as Coco Hernandez
TVGuyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Alice Jefferson
TVVerstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
as Self
TVRoots: The Next Generations
1979
as Bertha Palmer Haley
MovieApple Pie
1976
as Dancer
TVWhat's Happening!!
1976
as Maria
MovieSparkle
1976
as Sparkle
MovieAaron Loves Angela
1975
as Angela
TVKojak
1973
as Amy
TVThe Electric Company
1971
as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Love of Life
1951
as Daisy Allen
