Irene Cara, Singer, Songwriter and Actress

Irene Cara is a singer, songwriter and actress. As an actress,
Irene Cara received the Image Award for Best Actress for her work
with Diahann Carroll in the NBC Movie of the Week, Sisters. She
received an NAACP Image Award Nomination for her portrayal of
Myrlie Evers in the PBS movie on Civil Rights Leader Medger Evers
“For Us the Living." For Flashdance Irene Cara won 5 major
awards, including Top Female Vocalist-Pop Singles and Pop Single
of the Year. As a songwriter her talent earned her an Academy
Award, 2 Grammys, a Golden Globe and a Peoples Choice Award for
Flashdance. Irene Cara was the first African American female to
win since Hattie McDaniel in 1939, plus the first Hispanic female
since Rita Moreno and the first bi-racial female ever to win in
any category - pre-dating Halle Berry by nearly 20 years.