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Irene Cara
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...
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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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Fame1980 · Coco Hernandez3.2ActuallyLike
City Heat1984 · Ginny Lee2.8
Style Wars1984 · Self3.8
D.C. Cab1983 · Irene Cara2.6
Happily Ever After1989 · Snow White (voice)2.9
Sparkle1976 · Sparkle3.7
Certain Fury1985 · Tracy2.5
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 12006 · Self4.1
Killing 'em Softly1982 · Jane4.5
Busted Up1986 · Simone3.3
Sister, Sister1982 · Sissy Lovejoy3.8
Disco Explosion - Flash Back2007 · Self3.8
Aaron Loves Angela1975 · Angela2.7
Apple Pie1976 · Dancer2.6
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers1983 · Myrlie Evers3.5
Caged in Paradiso1989 · Eva2.5OOn Location with: FAME1980 · Self - ‘Coco’3.3
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief1989 · SelfCrew
