# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irene-cara
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:01:27.397Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irene-cara"
name: "Irene Cara"
slug: "irene-cara"
description: "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."
tagline: "American singer and actress (1959–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irene_Cara_(1987_Elektra_publicity_photo)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-03-18"
deathDate: "2022-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           68.1
  momentum:             0.3028631218491391
  historical:           25.749652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1210
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/irenecaramusician"
    handle:    "irenecaramusician"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/theirenecara/"
    handle:    "theirenecara"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://irenecara.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Irene_Cara"
    handle:    "Irene_Cara"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001011/"
    handle:    "nm0001011"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3oZa8Xs6IjlIUGLAhVyK4G"
    handle:    "3oZa8Xs6IjlIUGLAhVyK4G"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSrnE6vb-PSYVVBgHpFPHeQ"
    handle:    "@irenecara-theoneandonly"
    followers: 1210
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/89628"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "إيرين كارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ايرين كارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "آیرین کارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%8A%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B1"
    title: "Αϊρίν Κάρα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "آیرین کارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "איירין קארה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%94%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1"
    title: "Այրին Քարա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Irene Cara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "アイリーン・キャラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Irene_Cara"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/26358fa2-80c2-47b0-a08b-33817caca7e8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234169"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump