People
Irene Cara
Biography:
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.
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Bring Back... Fame as Self | 2008-12-27 |
| Disco Explosion - Flash Back as Self | 2007-03-09 |
| Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 as Self | 2006-10-10 |
| Happily Ever After as Snow White (voice) | 1989-06-30 |
| Caged in Paradiso as Eva | 1989-05-01 |
| Busted Up as Simone | 1986-09-10 |
| Certain Fury as Tracy | 1985-03-01 |
| City Heat as Ginny Lee | 1984-12-07 |
| Style Wars as Self | 1984-01-23 |
| D.C. Cab as Irene Cara | 1983-12-16 |
| For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Myrlie Evers | 1983-03-22 |
| Killing 'em Softly as Jane | 1982-12-10 |
| Sister, Sister as Sissy Lovejoy | 1982-06-07 |
| On Location with: FAME as Self - ‘Coco’ | 1980-12-31 |
| Fame as Coco Hernandez | 1980-05-16 |
| Apple Pie as Dancer | 1976-08-08 |
| Sparkle as Sparkle | 1976-04-07 |
| Aaron Loves Angela as Angela | 1975-12-25 |



