Irene Cara

Explore Irene Cara's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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.

Filmography

• Bring Back... Fame (2008)
• Disco Explosion - Flash Back (2007)
• Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 (2006)
• All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
• Happily Ever After (1989)
• Caged in Paradiso (1989)
• Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief (1989)
• Busted Up (1986)
• The Longshot (1986)
• Certain Fury (1985)
• City Heat (1984)
• Style Wars (1984)
• D.C. Cab (1983)
• Flashdance (1983)
• For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
• Killing 'em Softly (1982)
• Trans (1982)
• Sister, Sister (1982)
• On Location with: FAME (1980)
• Fame (1980)
• Apple Pie (1976)
• Sparkle (1976)
• Aaron Loves Angela (1975)