Irene Cara
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as Coco Hernandez Fame 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.
Filmography
Fame
as Coco Hernandez
City Heat
as Ginny Lee
D.C. Cab
as Irene Cara
Style Wars
as Self
Happily Ever After
as Snow White (voice)
Certain Fury
as Tracy
Sparkle
as Sparkle
Apple Pie
as Dancer
Aaron Loves Angela
as Angela
Busted Up
as Simone
Caged in Paradiso
as Eva
On Location with: FAME
as Self - ‘Coco’
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Myrlie Evers
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
as Self
Sister, Sister
as Sissy Lovejoy
Killing 'em Softly
as Jane
Bring Back... Fame
as Self