Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/18/1959
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Irene T. EscaleraIrene Cara EscaleraАйрин Кара
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
Certain Fury
as Tracy
Fame
as Coco
Sparkle
as Sparkle
Style Wars
as Self
Beauty and the Beast
as Beauty (voice)
The Jungle King
as Leonette
City Heat
as Ginny Lee
Apple Pie
as Dancer
Aaron Loves Angela
as Angela
D.C. Cab
as Irene Cara
Happily Ever After
as Snow White (voice)
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Myrlie Evers
Busted Up
as Simone
Sister, Sister
as Sissy Lovejoy
Killing 'em Softly
as Jane
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
as Self
Caged in Paradiso
as Eva
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
as Self