Irene Cara (born March 18, 1962)[LINK: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=13640] Billboard artist biography is an American singer and actress. 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. Cara's father, Gaspar Cara (died in 1994), was an Afro-Caribbean Puerto Rican. Her mother, Louise, is an American of French and Cuban descent. She has two sisters and two brothers. She married Hollywood stuntman Conrad Palmisano in 1986.http://www.irenecarashrine.com/Irene481.htm They divorced in 1991. Early life Cara captivated her first audience - her family - sometime after her fifth birthday when she began to play the piano by ear. Cara soon mo

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