Acting credits
29
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Irene Cara
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 18Series: 13Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 32385
IMDb ID: nm0001011
Known for: Acting
Born: March 18, 1959
Died: November 25, 2022
Age: 63
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2008
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.62
Wikidata: Q234169
Also known as
Irene T. Escalera • Irene Cara Escalera • Айрин Кара • Ирен Кара
Other jobs
Songs (1)Theme Song Performance (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Irene Cara.
as Self
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007 • Movie
as Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006 • Movie
as Snow White (voice)
Happily Ever After
1989 • Movie
as Eva
Caged in Paradiso
1989 • Movie
as Self
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989 • Movie
as Simone
Busted Up
1986 • Movie
as Tracy
Certain Fury
1985 • Movie
as Ginny Lee
City Heat
1984 • Movie
as Self
Style Wars
1984 • Movie
as Irene Cara
D.C. Cab
1983 • Movie
Songs
Trans
1983 • Movie
as Myrlie Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 • Movie
as Jane
Killing 'em Softly
1982 • Movie
as Sissy Lovejoy
Sister, Sister
1982 • Movie
as Coco Hernandez
Fame
1980 • Movie
as Dancer
Apple Pie
1976 • Movie
as Sparkle
Sparkle
1976 • Movie
as Angela
Aaron Loves Angela
1975 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Irene Cara.
as Self • 7 eps
Gone Country
2008 • Series
Theme Song Performance • 12 eps
Going Bananas
1984 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Champs-Elysées
1982 • Series
as Myrlie Evans • 1 eps
American Playhouse
1982 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
1981 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Solid Gold
1980 • Series
as Alice Jefferson • 2 eps
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980 • Series
as Bertha Palmer Haley • 3 eps
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 • Series
as Maria • 1 eps
What's Happening!!
1976 • Series
as Amy • 1 eps
Kojak
1973 • Series
as Iris - Member of the Short Circus • 130 eps
The Electric Company
1971 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series