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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.