# Irene Cara

> Irene Cara Escalera was an American singer and actress who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame", which reached No. 1 in several countries. In 1983, Cara co-wrote and sang the song "Flashdance... What a Feeling", for which she shared an Academy Award for Best Original Song and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984.

*American singer and actress (1959–2022)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/irene-cara

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1959-03-18
- **Died:** 2022-11-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 68.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 95.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Total followers across platforms:** 1,210

## Platforms
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/irenecaramusician (@irenecaramusician)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/theirenecara/ (@theirenecara)
- **WEBSITE**: https://irenecara.com
- **X**: https://x.com/Irene_Cara (@Irene_Cara)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001011/ (@nm0001011)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3oZa8Xs6IjlIUGLAhVyK4G (@3oZa8Xs6IjlIUGLAhVyK4G)
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSrnE6vb-PSYVVBgHpFPHeQ (@@irenecara-theoneandonly, 1,210 followers)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/89628)
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- [ايرين كارا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7)
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- [Αϊρίν Κάρα](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%8A%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B1)
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- [آیرین کارا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7)
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- [איירין קארה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%94)
- [Irene Cara](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara)
- [Այրին Քարա](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%94%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1)
- [Irene Cara](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara)
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- [アイリーン・キャラ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Irene_Cara)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/26358fa2-80c2-47b0-a08b-33817caca7e8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234169)

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