Irene Cara
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 41
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- March 18, 1959
- Died
- November 25, 2022
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Irene T. EscaleraIrene Cara EscaleraАйрин КараИрен Кара
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.
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Filmography
Acting
36 titles
1989
