Irene Cara
Born March 18, 1959 (Age: 67)
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The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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
Happily Ever After
1989
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as Snow White (voice)
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Age: 30
Caged in Paradiso
1989
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as Eva
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Age: 30
Certain Fury
1985
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as Tracy
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Age: 25
City Heat
1984
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as Ginny Lee
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Age: 25
D.C. Cab
1983
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as Irene Cara
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Age: 24
No Image
On Location with: FAME
1980
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as Self - ‘Coco’
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Age: 21
Fame
1980
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as Coco Hernandez
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Age: 21