Actor profile

Irene Cara

18th March 1959 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 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.

17 Movies 13 TV Shows 38 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Disco Explosion - Flash Back poster

Disco Explosion - Flash Back 9th March 2007 as Self

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 poster

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 10th October 2006 as Self

Happily Ever After poster

Happily Ever After 30th June 1989 as Snow White (voice)

Caged in Paradiso poster

Caged in Paradiso 1st May 1989 as Eva

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief poster

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief 31st January 1989 as Self

Busted Up poster

Busted Up 10th September 1986 as Simone

Certain Fury poster

Certain Fury 1st March 1985 as Tracy

City Heat poster

City Heat 7th December 1984 as Ginny Lee

Style Wars poster

Style Wars 23rd January 1984 as Self

D.C. Cab poster

D.C. Cab 16th December 1983 as Irene Cara

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers poster

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers 22nd March 1983 as Myrlie Evers

Killing 'em Softly poster

Killing 'em Softly 10th December 1982 as Jane

Sister, Sister poster

Sister, Sister 7th June 1982 as Sissy Lovejoy

Fame poster

Fame 16th May 1980 as Coco Hernandez

Apple Pie poster

Apple Pie 8th August 1976 as Dancer

Sparkle poster

Sparkle 7th April 1976 as Sparkle

Aaron Loves Angela poster

Aaron Loves Angela 25th December 1975 as Angela

Gone Country poster

Gone Country 25th January 2008 as Self

Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées 16th January 1982 as Self

American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse 12th January 1982 as Myrlie Evans

Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..? 14th February 1981 as Self

Solid Gold poster

Solid Gold 13th September 1980 as Self

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones poster

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 15th April 1980 as Alice Jefferson

Verstehen Sie Spaß? poster

Verstehen Sie Spaß? 31st January 1980 as Self

Roots: The Next Generations poster

Roots: The Next Generations 18th February 1979 as Bertha Palmer Haley

Roots: The Next Generations poster

Roots: The Next Generations 18th February 1979 as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)

What's Happening!! poster

What's Happening!! 5th August 1976 as Maria

Kojak poster

Kojak 24th October 1973 as Amy

The Electric Company poster

The Electric Company 25th October 1971 as Iris - Member of the Short Circus

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self