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Irene Cara (born Irene Escalera on March 18, 1959, in The Bronx, New York City) is an American singer, Academy Award-winning, Grammy Award-winning, and a two-time Golden Globe-winning songwriter and actress of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent.
<p>Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She is best known for her recordings of the songs "Fame" and "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She also starred in the 1980 film version of Fame.
<p>Cara's father, Gaspar (died in 1994), was an Afro-Puerto Rican. Her mother, Louise Escalera, is of French and Cuban descent. She has two sisters and two brothers.
<p>Married Hollywood stuntman Conrad Palmisano [1] in 1986. They divorced in 1991.
<p>Cara's age has been the subject of controversy: at various times her birth year has been listed as 1954, 1959 or 1964. In July 2004, the Associated Press claimed to have found her voter registration record in Florida, where she lives....
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