Mar 18, 1959 - The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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| Movie | 1980 | Fame | Coco | |
| Movie | 1976 | Sparkle | Sparkle | |
| Movie | 1989 | Happily Ever After | Snow White (voice) | |
| Movie | 1984 | City Heat | Ginny Lee | |
| Movie | 2008 | Bring Back... Fame | Self | |
| Movie | 1985 | Certain Fury | Tracy | |
| Movie | 1986 | Busted Up | Simone | |
| Movie | 1975 | Aaron Loves Angela | Angela | |
| Movie | 1989 | Caged in Paradiso | Eva | |
| Movie | 1983 | D.C. Cab | Irene Cara | |
| Movie | 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Myrlie Evers | |
| Movie | 2007 | Disco Explosion - Flash Back | Self | |
| Movie | N/A | On Location with: FAME | Self - ‘Coco’ | |
| Movie | 1984 | Style Wars | Self | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Magic Voyage | Marilyn (voice) | |
| Movie | 1982 | Sister, Sister | Sissy Lovejoy | |
| Movie | 1994 | The Jungle King | Leonette | |
| Movie | 1992 | Beauty and the Beast | Beauty (voice) | |
| Movie | 1982 | Killing 'em Softly | Jane | |
| Movie | 2006 | Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 | Self | |
| Movie | 1976 | Apple Pie | Dancer | |
| TV Show | 1976 | What's Happening!! | Maria | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Hit Me, Baby, One More Time | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Solid Gold | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Love of Life | Daisy Allen | 219 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Kojak | Amy | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | The Electric Company | Iris - Member of the Short Circus | 780 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Bertha Palmer Haley | 7 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Where Are They Now? | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Alice Jefferson | 2 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Verstehen Sie Spaß? | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Gone Country | Self | 7 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Die ultimative Chartshow | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Show-Express | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | 4 gegen Willi | Self | 1 |
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| TV Show | 1984 | Going Bananas | Theme Song Performance | Sound |
