Born | February 28, 1961 (age 58) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1974–present |
Spouse(s) | C. Thomas Howell (m. 1989; div. 1990) |
Children | 1 |
Parent(s) | Maxine (née Sneed) Chong Tommy Chong |
Rae Dawn Chong was born February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Canada. After a few film and television spots, Rae Dawn earned a Genie for her performance in Jean-Jacques Annaud's prehistoric-drama Quest for Fire (1981). She played the young, Ivaka prisoner, Ika. Rae Dawn Chong Biography. Rae Dong Chong is a Canadian actress who is best known for her roles in the films Quest for Fire and Bear Street. Rae’s father is Tommy Chong.Tommy is a well known Canadian actor and comedian.
Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961) is a Canadian-American actress best known for her roles in the films Quest for Fire (1981), Beat Street (1984), The Color Purple and Commando (both 1985), Boulevard (1994) and Time Runner (1993). She is the daughter of comedian and actor Tommy Chong.
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Early life[edit]
Chong was born in 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the first daughter of comedian/actor Tommy Chong. Her father is of Chinese and Scots-Irish descent and her mother, Maxine Sneed, is of Black Canadian descent.[1] Her sister Robbi Chong is a model and actress. They have three younger half-brothers (one adopted) and a half-sister by their father's second wife. In addition to Rae Dawn, two of her sisters and their half-brother Marcus Chong have pursued acting careers.
Chong has said that her paternal grandfather left a poor village in China in the 1930s to live with an aunt in Vancouver, where Chinese immigrants were mostly sequestered in a small area due to racial discrimination, and that although he spoke Cantonese, he refused to teach it to his children or grandchildren. She said, 'I think my grandfather had great racial shame, which was hard on us growing up. ... We grew up desperate to know anything about our Chinese culture.' However, later in life, her grandfather 'saw the error of his ways and embraced his heritage.'[1]
Career[edit]
After acting in a few television roles, Chong's second feature film was Quest for Fire (1981), for which she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 1983.[2] Other notable roles have been in the films Choose Me (1984), Beat Street (1984), The Color Purple (1985), and Commando (1985). She appeared with her father in Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984), and Far Out Man (1990).
Her most active period in films was during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. She has continued working in television and film. She was considered for the role of Anne Lindsey in Highlander: The Series.
Chong played the love interest in Mick Jagger's video 'Just Another Night'.[3]
At 19 years old, Chris Pratt was waiting tables at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant in Maui when he was scouted by Chong; she cast him in her directorial debut, the short horror film Cursed Part 3, which was filmed in Los Angeles.[4][5][6]
Personal life[edit]
Chong married Owen Bayliss, a stockbroker, and they had a son named Morgan. They divorced in 1982.[7] In 1989, she married actor C. Thomas Howell, her co-star in the feature film Soul Man. They divorced in 1990.[7] In 2011, Chong married Nathan Ulrich (one of the founders of Xootr). They divorced in 2014.[8]
Filmography[edit]
Films[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | Stony Island | Janetta | |
1981 | Quest for Fire | Ika | |
1984 | Choose Me | Pearl Antoine | |
1984 | Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | The Gypsy | |
1984 | Beat Street | Tracy Carlson | |
1984 | Fear City | Leila | |
1985 | City Limits | Yogi | |
1985 | American Flyers | Sarah | |
1985 | Commando | Cindy | |
1985 | The Color Purple | Squeak | |
1986 | Soul Man | Sarah Walker | |
1987 | Running Out of Luck | Slave Girl | |
1987 | The Squeeze | Rachel Dobs | |
1987 | The Principal | Hilary Orozco | |
1988 | Walking After Midnight | (documentary) | |
1989 | Rude Awakening | Marlene | |
1990 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Carola | Segment: 'Lover's Vow' |
1990 | Far Out Man | Herself | |
1990 | Chaindance | Ilene Curtis | |
1990 | Denial | Julie | |
1990 | Amazon | Paola | |
1991 | The Borrower | Diana Pierce | |
1992 | Nitecap | Host | |
1993 | When the Party's Over | M.J. | |
1993 | Time Runner | Karen Donaldson | |
1994 | Boulevard | Ola | |
1994 | Boca | J.J. | |
1995 | Power of Attorney | Joan Armstrong | |
1995 | Crying Freeman | Detective Forge | |
1995 | The Break | Jennifer Hudson | |
1995 | Hideaway | Rose Orwetto | |
1996 | Starlight | Arianna | |
1996 | Mask of Death | Cassandra Turner | |
1997 | Highball | Herself | |
1997 | Goodbye America | Danzig | |
1998 | Small Time | The Woman | |
1999 | Dangerous Attraction | Ann Rich | |
2000 | The Visit | Felicia | |
2005 | Constellation | Jenita | |
2006 | Max Havoc: Ring of Fire | Sister Caroline | |
2006 | Deadly Skies | Madison Taylor | |
2010 | Cyrus | Vivian | |
2011 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | Carol | |
2012 | Shiver | Detective Burdine | |
2012 | Pegasus vs. Chimera | Mayda | |
2013 | Knock 'em Dead | Jenny Logan |
Television[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1974 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Greta | The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton |
1980 | Top of the Hill | Rita | TV Movie |
1980 | Lou Grant | Adrienne | Episode: 'Lou' |
1985 | Badge of the Assassin | Christine Horn | TV Movie |
1990 | Curiosity Kills | Jane | TV Movie |
1991 | Prison Stories: Women on the Inside | Rhonda | TV Movie |
1992 | Nitecap | as host | |
1992–93 | Melrose Place | Carrie Fellows | 3 episodes |
1993 | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | Yvonne | TV Movie |
1995 | The Outer Limits | Karen Heatherton | Episode: 'Second Soul' |
1996 | Highlander: The Series | Claudia Jardine | Episode: 'Timeless' |
2000–02 | Mysterious Ways | Dr. Peggy Fowler | 17 episodes[9] |
2003 | Wild Card | Sophie Mason | 43 episodes |
2006 | Deadly Skies | Madison Taylor | TV Movie |
2007 | That's So Raven | Lynn Thomas | Episode: 'The Way They Were' |
2018–19 | 9-1-1 | Stacey Mullins | 2 episodes |
References[edit]
- ^ abPratt, Paul E. 'Growing Up a Chong'Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, AsianWeek, 18 November 2005.
- ^Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television official websiteArchived 2010-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, last accessed October 22, 2007
- ^Spitz, Marc (2011). Jagger: Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue. Gotham Books.
- ^Collis, Clark (July 11, 2014). 'How Chris Pratt Went from Zero to Hero'. Entertainment Weekly. pp. 24–31. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^'Chris Pratt: Biography'. TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^Hulten, Kevin (August 29, 2007). 'Lake's Chris Pratt found success in Hollywood, and now he plans on bringing it home'. Lake Stevens Journal. Archived from the original on January 26, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- ^ abRae Dawn Chong Biography (1961-), JRank, Film Reference, accessed 10 May 2017
- ^Coast Guard locates debris where private plane carrying four people - including a CEO from New York and her two young sons - went missing over the Bermuda Triangle, Daily Mail, 16 May 2017.
- ^Vision TV DramaArchived 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Rae Dawn Chong on IMDb
- Rae Dawn Chong at the Internet Broadway Database
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