Irene Cara

She won both the 1983 Best Original Song Academy Award and the 1984 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Flashdance (What A Feeling)". She is the sister of actor John Cusack. She played Coco Hernandez in Fame and Angela in romance thriller classic Aaron Loves Angela. She received Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominations for Working Girl (1988) and In & Out (1997). She sang the theme from Fame and "Flashdance (What A Feeling)". Her other television work includes a short-lived series What About Joan (2001) and It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002). Both her parents were from Puerto Rico and in the early 1950's they migrated to the U.S.. Cusack was a cast member of Saturday Night Live for one season in 1985.

Irene Cara (born Irene T Escalera March 18, 1959 in New York City) is a singer and actress. Joan Cusack (October 11, 1962) is an American actress and comedienne from Evanston, Illinois. My Bodyguard (1980). Cutting Loose (1980). Class (1983).

Sixteen Candles (1984). Grandview, U.S.A. (1984). The Allnighter (1987). Broadcast News (1987).

Stars and Bars (1988). Married to the Mob (1988). Working Girl (1988). Men Don't Leave (1990).

My Blue Heaven (1990). Ramirez (1991). The Cabinet of Dr. Hero (1992).

Wrong (1996). Mr. Two Much (1996). Grosse Pointe Blank (1997).