Irene Cara

Irene Cara

Acting
Born 1959-03-18 Died 2022-11-25 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 39 credits Academy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 1 Grammy Awards 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won

  • 1984 Best Original Song Won Flashdance... What a Feeling

Golden Globe Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

  • 1984 Best Original Song Won Flashdance... What a Feeling
  • 1981 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated Fame

BAFTA Awards 1 nominated

  • 1984 Best Original Song Nominated Flashdance... What a Feeling

Grammy Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

  • 1984 Best Dance/Electronic Album Won Flashdance – Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
  • 1981 Best New Artist Nominated

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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 38 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · ★ 7.5 · Self
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Bertha Palmer Haley, Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
American Playhouse
American Playhouse
1982 · Myrlie Evans
Champs-Elysées
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Kojak
Kojak
1973 · ★ 7.2 · Amy
The Electric Company
The Electric Company
1971 · Iris - Member of the Short Circus
Where Are They Now?
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
Love of Life
Love of Life
1951 · Daisy Allen
What's Happening!!
What's Happening!!
1976 · Maria
Die ultimative Chartshow
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003 · Self
Solid Gold
Solid Gold
1980 · Self
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980 · Self
Fame
Fame
1980 · ★ 6.4 · Coco Hernandez
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · Alice Jefferson
City Heat
City Heat
1984 · ★ 5.5 · Ginny Lee
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After
1989 · ★ 5.8 · Snow White (voice)
D.C. Cab
D.C. Cab
1983 · ★ 5.2 · Irene Cara
Gone Country
Gone Country
2008 · Self
Going Bananas
Going Bananas
1984 · Theme Song Performance
Certain Fury
Certain Fury
1985 · Tracy
Busted Up
Busted Up
1986 · Simone
Show-Express
Show-Express
1980 · Self
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989 · Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006 · Self
Sparkle
Sparkle
1976 · Sparkle
4 gegen Willi
4 gegen Willi
1986 · Self
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
2005 · Self
Style Wars
Style Wars
1984 · ★ 7.5 · Self
Bring Back... Fame
Bring Back... Fame
2008 · Self
Aaron Loves Angela
Aaron Loves Angela
1975 · Angela
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · Myrlie Evers
Caged in Paradiso
Caged in Paradiso
1989 · Eva
Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister
1982 · Sissy Lovejoy
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007 · Self
Apple Pie
Apple Pie
1976 · Dancer
On Location with: FAME
On Location with: FAME
1980 · Self - ‘Coco’
Killing 'em Softly
Killing 'em Softly
1982 · Jane
Other credits 1 credit
Trans
Trans
1983 · Songs
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