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.
Fame
Coco
Sparkle
Sparkle
Happily Ever After
Snow White (voice)
City Heat
Ginny Lee
Certain Fury
Tracy
Busted Up
Simone
Aaron Loves Angela
Angela
Caged in Paradiso
Eva
D.C. Cab
Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Self
Style Wars
Self
Sister, Sister
Sissy Lovejoy
The Jungle King
Leonette
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty (voice)
Killing 'em Softly
Jane
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
Self
Apple Pie
Dancer