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American singer and actress (–)

Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, ^{[note 1]} – November 25, ) was an American singer and actress^[13] who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the musical film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame", which reached No.

1 in several countries. In , Cara co-wrote and sang the song "Flashdance What a Feeling" (from the film Flashdance), for which she shared an Academy Award for Best Original Song and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in

Before her success with Fame, Cara portrayed the title character Sparkle Williams in the original musical drama film Sparkle.

Cara died as a result of hypertensive heart disease after hypercholesterolemia at age

Early life

Irene Cara Escalera was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City, the youngest of five children.^[8][12] Her father, Gaspar Cara, a steel factory worker and retired saxophonist, was Pu Irene Cara was the voice of ambition – both its power and limits TEFU