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Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961) is a Canadian-American actress. 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.

Rae Dawn Chong
Born	(1961-02-28) February 28, 1961 (age 61) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present
Spouses	Owen Bayliss ​ (div. 1982)​ C. Thomas Howell ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 1990)​ Nathan Ulrich ​ ​ (m. 2011; div. 2014)​
Children	1
Parent	Tommy Chong (father)

Chong 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). She is the daughter of comedian and actor Tommy Chong.

Early life

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Chong was born on February 28, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the first daughter of actor/comedian Tommy Chong. Her father is of Chinese and Scots-Irish descent and her birth mother, Gail Lewis, was of Black Canadian descent. Her sister Robbi Chong, by Maxine Sneed, 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 her adopted 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." Later in life, though, her grandfather "saw the error of his ways and embraced his heritage."[1]

Career

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).

In 1985, 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 in 2000.[4][5][6]

On television, Chong starred opposite Adrian Pasdar in the science fiction drama series Mysterious Ways from 2000 to 2002. later she starred in the first season of Lifetime comedy-drama series Wild Card opposite Joely Fisher. She returned to television appearing in two episodes of Better Things in 2016, and two episodes of 9-1-1 (2018-19). In 2021, she played Betty Currie in the FX series Impeachment: American Crime Story.[7][8]

In 2021, Chong was honored with the "Invisible Woman Award" from the Women Film Critics Circle for "Supporting performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored" for her performance in the drama film The Sleeping Negro.[9][10]

In 2022, Chong portrayed Florence de Pointe du Lac in the AMC series Interview with the Vampire.[11]

Personal life

Chong married Owen Bayliss, a stockbroker, and they had a son named Morgan. They divorced in 1982.[12] In 1989, she married actor C. Thomas Howell, her co-star in the feature film Soul Man. They divorced in 1990.[12] In 2011, Chong married Nathan Ulrich (one of the founders of Xootr). They divorced in 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Pop culture references

Chong has a song named after her titled "Raedawn", the eighth track of Vaudeville Villain, the third studio album by British-American rapper-producer MF DOOM, released under the alias Viktor Vaughn. He confirms the reference in his lyrics "New drink, named it after Chong daughter".[13] Comedian Stephen Lynch also has a song about Chong—"R.D.C. (Opie's Lament)"—as the 12th track on his 2000 debut album A Little Bit Special. In the television show Psych, the main characters Shawn and Gus have a "bi-annual Rae Dawn Chong marathon".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Stony Island	Janetta
1980	Top of the Hill	Rita	TV Movie
1981	Quest for Fire	Ika	Genie Award for Best Actress
1984	Beat Street	Tracy Carlson
	Choose Me	Pearl Antoine
	Fear City	Leila
	Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers	The Gypsy
1985	City Limits	Yogi
	American Flyers	Sarah
	Commando	Cindy
	Badge of the Assassin	Christine Horn	TV Movie
	The Color Purple	Squeak
	Running Out of Luck	Slave Girl
1986	Soul Man	Sarah Walker
1987	The Squeeze	Rachel Dobs
	The Principal	Hilary Orozco
1989	Rude Awakening	Marlene
1990	Denial	Julie
	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie	Carola
	Curiosity Kills	Jane	TV Movie
	Amazon	Paola
	Far Out Man	Herself
1991	Prison Stories: Women on the Inside	Rhonda	TV Movie
	The Borrower	Diana Pierce
	Chaindance	Ilene Curtis
1992	When the Party's Over	M.J.
1993	Time Runner	Karen Donaldson
	Father & Son: Dangerous Relations	Yvonne	TV Movie
1994	Boulevard	Ola
	Boca	J.J.
	Amberwaves	Misty
1995	Hideaway	Rose Orwetto
	Power of Attorney	Joan Armstrong	Video
	The Break	Jennifer Hudson
	Crying Freeman	Detective Forge
1996	Mask of Death	Cassandra Turner
	Starlight	Arianna
	Small Time	The Woman
	For Hope	Woman at Bar	TV Movie
1997	Alibi	D.A. Linda Garcia	TV Movie
	Highball	Herself
	Goodbye America	Danzig
1998	Valentine's Day	Sally	Video
1999	Cosas que olvidé recordar	Mary
2000	Dangerous Attraction	Ann Rich
	The Visit	Felicia
2005	Constellation	Jenita
2006	Max Havoc: Ring of Fire	Sister Caroline
	Deadly Skies	Madison Taylor	TV Movie
2010	Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer	Vivian
	Etta, Kit, and Grace	Etta	Video Short
2011	Jeff, Who Lives at Home	Carol
2012	Shiver	Detective Burdine
	Pegasus vs. Chimera	Mayda	TV Movie
2013	Mud Lotus	Kim	Short
2014	Knock 'em Dead	Jenny Logan
2015	Drizzle Of Hope	Ms. Johnson	Short
2017	Five Minutes	Delores	Short
2018	Reborn	Dory Ryder
2021	The Sleeping Negro	Black Woman	Women Film Critics Circle Invisible Woman Award[14]
2022	We Are Gathered Here Today	Mary Reed
TBA	Street Signs: Homeless But Not Hopeless	Narrator (Voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Greta	Episode: "The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton: Part 1 & 2"
1980	Lou Grant	Adrienne	Episode: "Lou"
1983-85	St. Elsewhere	Billie Vaughn	Guest: Seasons 1 & 3; Recurring cast: Season 2
1986	Tall Tales & Legends	Circe Lafemme	Episode: "Casey at the Bat"
1991	The Hitchhiker	Leesa White	Episode: "New Blood"
1992	Nitecap	Herself/Host	TV Series
1992–93	Melrose Place	Carrie Fellows	Recurring cast: Season 1
1994	Lonesome Dove: The Series	May Lawson	Episode: "Firebrand"
1995	The Outer Limits	Karen Heatherton	Episode: "Second Soul"
1996	Highlander: The Series	Claudia Jardine	Episode: "Timeless"
1997	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Tanya Moreau	Episodes: "Lights Out!" & "Spirit Thief"
2000–02	Mysterious Ways	Dr. Peggy Fowler	Main cast [15]
2002	Judging Amy	Atty. Westland	Episode: "A Pretty Good Day"
2003-04	Wild Card	Sophie Mason	Main cast: Season 1
2007	That's So Raven	Lynn Thomas	Episode: "The Way They Were"
2016	Better Things	Patty Donner	Episode: "Period" & "Only Women Bleed"
2018–19	9-1-1	Stacey Mullins	Episode: "Hen Begins" & "Fallout"
2019	My Sister Is So Gay	Parker	Episode: "X Boyfriends" & "I Love You Nut-Nut"
2021	Impeachment: American Crime Story	Betty Currie	Recurring cast
	Saturday Morning All Star Hits!	Sheena Murphy	Recurring cast
2022	Interview with the Vampire	Florence de Pointe du Lac	Recurring cast (4 episodes)

References

External links

• Rae Dawn Chong at IMDb
• Rae Dawn Chong at the Internet Broadway Database
• Rae Dawn Chong discography at Discogs

На других языках

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[de] Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong (* 28. Februar 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta) ist eine kanadische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Rae Dawn Chong

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[es] Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong (Edmonton, Alberta; 28 de febrero de 1961) es una actriz canadiense-estadounidense. Recordada por sus papeles en los filmes La Guerre du feu (1981), El color púrpura (1985), Choose Me (1984), Beat Street (1984) y Commando (1985); y por sus apariciones en series de televisión. Ganadora del Premio Genie 1981 a la mejor actriz principal, por su papel en el filme La Guerre du feu.

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[ru] Чонг, Рэй Дон

Рэй Дон Чонг (англ. Rae Dawn Chong; род. 1961) — канадская и американская актриса, чей пик популярности пришёлся на 1980-е и начало 90-х годов.

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