Acting credits
30
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Irene Cara
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 18Series: 13Crew credits: 1
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: 6.6
Wikidata: Q234169
Also known as
Irene T. Escalera • Irene Cara Escalera • Айрин Кара • Ирен Кара
Other jobs
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.
7.5
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
as Self
2007 Movie
8.2
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
as Self
2006 Movie
6.0
The Jungle King
as Leonette
1994 Movie
6.0
Beauty and the Beast
as Beauty (voice)
1992 Movie
5.7
Happily Ever After
as Snow White (voice)
1989 Movie
6.0
Caged in Paradiso
as Eva
1989 Movie
6.5
Busted Up
as Simone
1986 Movie
5.1
Certain Fury
as Tracy
1985 Movie
5.5
City Heat
as Ginny Lee
1984 Movie
7.4
Style Wars
as Self
1984 Movie
5.2
D.C. Cab
as Irene Cara
1983 Movie
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Myrlie Evers
1983 Movie
Killing 'em Softly
as Jane
1982 Movie
Sister, Sister
as Sissy Lovejoy
1982 Movie
6.4
Fame
as Coco
1980 Movie
4.2
Apple Pie
as Dancer
1976 Movie
7.4
Sparkle
as Sparkle
1976 Movie
4.3
Aaron Loves Angela
as Angela
1975 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Irene Cara.
Gone Country
as Self • 7 eps
2008 Series
7.5
Where Are They Now?
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
5.0
Going Bananas
Theme Song Performance • 12 eps
1984 Series
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.3
Wetten, dass..?
as Self • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.0
Solid Gold
as Self • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.2
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Alice Jefferson • 2 eps
1980 Series
3.8
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as Self • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
as Bertha Palmer Haley • 3 eps
1979 Series
7.4
What's Happening!!
as Maria • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.1
Kojak
as Amy • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.1
The Electric Company
as Iris - Member of the Short Circus • 130 eps
1971 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series