Acting

Irene Cara

Born 1959-03-18 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died 2022-11-25

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.

Credits

Newest first

The 80s: A Motion Picture Special
Songs
2026
Bring Back... Fame
as Self
2008
Gone Country
as Self
2008
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
as Self
2007
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
as Self
2006
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
as Self
2005
Die ultimative Chartshow
as Self
2003
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Theme Song Performance
1989
Happily Ever After
as Snow White (voice)
1989
Caged in Paradiso
as Eva
1989
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
as Self
1989
4 gegen Willi
as Self
1986
Busted Up
as Simone
1986
Busted Up
Songs
1986
The Longshot
Theme Song Performance
1986
Certain Fury
as Tracy
1985
City Heat
as Ginny Lee
1984
City Heat
Songs
1984
Going Bananas
Theme Song Performance
1984
Style Wars
as Self
1984
D.C. Cab
as Irene Cara
1983
Flashdance
Songs
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Myrlie Evers
1983
Killing 'em Softly
as Jane
1982
Trans
Songs
1982
Sister, Sister
as Sissy Lovejoy
1982
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
American Playhouse
as Myrlie Evans
1982
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
On Location with: FAME
as Self - ‘Coco’
1980
Show-Express
as Self
1980
Solid Gold
as Self
1980
Fame
as Coco Hernandez
1980
Fame
Songs
1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Alice Jefferson
1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as Self
1980
Roots: The Next Generations
as Bertha Palmer Haley
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
1979
Apple Pie
as Dancer
1976
What's Happening!!
as Maria
1976
Sparkle
as Sparkle
1976
Sparkle
Songs
1976
Aaron Loves Angela
as Angela
1975
Kojak
as Amy
1973
The Electric Company
as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962