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.

Acted Movies

City Heat (1984)

Director: Richard Benjamin

Writers: Joseph Stinson,

Cast: Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Irene Cara, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Nicholas Worth, Richard Roundtree, Rip Torn, Tony Lo Bianco, William Sanderson,

D.C. Cab (1983)

Director: Joel Schumacher

Writers: Joel Schumacher,

Cast: Adam Baldwin, Bill Maher, David Paul, Gary Busey, Irene Cara, Jill Schoelen, Max Gail, Mr. T, Paul Rodríguez, Peter Paul,

Fame (1980)

Director: Alan Parker

Writers: Christopher Gore,

Cast: Albert Hague, Antonia Franceschi, Barry Miller, Boyd Gaines, Gene Anthony Ray, Irene Cara, Laura Dean, Lee Curreri, Maureen Teefy, Paul McCrane,