The following years, she appeared in a number of independent movies. later she starred in the first season of Lifetime comedy-drama series Wild Card opposite Joely Fisher. On television, Chong starred opposite Adrian Pasdar in the science fiction drama series Mysterious Ways from 2000 to 2002. Īt 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 in 2000. In 1985, Chong played the love interest in Mick Jagger's video " Just Another Night".
She appeared with her father in Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) and Far Out Man (1990). Other notable roles have been in the films Choose Me (1984), Beat Street (1984), The Color Purple (1985), and Commando (1985).
We grew up desperate to know anything about our Chinese culture." Later in life, though, her grandfather "saw the error of his ways and embraced his heritage." Career Īfter 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. She said, "I think my grandfather had great racial shame, which was hard on us growing up. In addition to Rae Dawn, two of her sisters and her adopted brother Marcus Chong have pursued acting careers.Ĭhong 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. They have three younger half-brothers (one adopted) and a half-sister by their father's second wife. Her sister Robbi Chong, by Maxine Sneed, is a model and actress. Her father is of Chinese and Scots-Irish descent and her birth mother, Gail Lewis, was of Black Canadian descent. She is the daughter of comedian and actor Tommy Chong.Ĭhong was born on February 28, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the first daughter of actor/comedian Tommy Chong. She made her big screen debut appearing in the 1978 musical drama film Stony Island, and in 1981 starred in the fantasy film Quest for Fire, for which she received Genie Award for Best Actress.Ĭhong later starred in films Beat Street (1984), American Flyers (1985), The Color Purple (1985), Commando (1985), Soul Man (1986), The Principal (1987), Tales from the Darkside (1990), Time Runner (1993), and Boulevard (1994). Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961) is a Canadian-American actress.
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