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Irene Cara (born Irene Escalera on March 18, 1959
in New York City) is an American-born singer
actress of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent.

Her first jobs as a teen came on television,
getting a role on the soap Love of Life and the
classic kids' show The Electric Company.
 
She is best remembered for singing the themes from
Fame (Irene Cara song)|Fame and Flashdance. She
played Coco Hernandez in Fame, Sparkle in Sparkle
(1976 film)|Sparkle, and Angela in romance
thriller classic Aaron Loves Angela.

She won both the 1983 Academy Award for Best Song
and the 1984 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop
Vocal Performance for "Flashdance (What A
Feeling)", from Flashdance.

In June 2005, Irene won the third round of NBC's
hit TV show Hit Me Baby One More Time, performing
"Flashdance (What a Feeling)" and covered
Anastacia's hit "I'm Outta Love" with her current
band, Hot Caramel.

==Filmography==
*Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
*Sparkle (1976 film)|Sparkle (1976)
*Apple Pie (1976)
*On Location with: FAME (1980) (short subject)
*Fame (1980)
*Killing 'em Softly (1982)
*D.C. Cab (1983) (Cameo)
*Flashdance (1983)
*City Heat (1984)
*Certain Fury (1985)
*Busted Up (1986)
*Caged in Paradiso (1990)
*The Magic Voyage (1992) (voice)
*Happily Ever After (1993) (voice)

==See also==
*List of famous Puerto Ricans
*List of number-one hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the Hot
100 (US)
*List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US
Dance chart

==External link==
*http://www.irenecara.com/ Irene Cara Official
Website
*http://www.irenecarashrine.com/ The Irene Cara
Shrine