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.

Known For

Fame

as Coco

City Heat

as Ginny Lee

Kojak

as Amy

D.C. Cab

as Irene Cara

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Style Wars

as Self

Happily Ever After

as Snow White (voice)

Beauty and the Beast

as Beauty (voice)

Roots: The Next Generations

as Bertha Palmer Haley

Roots: The Next Generations

as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)