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.
Movies
The Jungle King
Leonette
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty (voice)
Happily Ever After
Snow White (voice)
Caged in Paradiso
Eva
Busted Up
Simone
Certain Fury
Tracy
City Heat
Ginny Lee
D.C. Cab
Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers
Killing 'em Softly
Jane
Sister, Sister
Sissy Lovejoy
Fame
Coco
Apple Pie
Dancer
Sparkle
Sparkle
Aaron Loves Angela
Angela
