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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 the Genie Award for Best Actress .
Actress: Commando. 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.
Actress: Commando. 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, a Canadian-American actress, has graced screens for decades. Born in Edmonton in 1961, the daughter of comedian Tommy Chong, her heritage reflects a rich mix of African-American, Native American, Asian, and Scottish-Irish ancestry.
Birthday: Feb 28, 1961. Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. First earned attention with her role as an Ice Age woman in Jean-Jacques Annaud's prehistoric epic, "Quest for Fire" (1981).
After having played the most human character in QUEST FOR FIRE in 1981, she suddenly burst onto the scene in 1984, doing no less than nine movies in two years. Among them iconic films like BEAT STREET, Steven Spielberg’s THE COLOR PURPLE and the Arnold Schwarzenegger action fest COMMANDO.
Oct 17, 2022 · Rae Dawn Chong plays Cindy in the Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie Commando, and she got that role with an improvised line.
Actress Rae Dawn Chong became famous in the 1980s for a string of film roles that maximized her exotic, multiracial looks for the big screen. Of mixed African-American, Native American, Asian, and Anglo ancestry, Chong gained fame in Hollywood at the start of her career as the daughter of popular comedian Tommy Chong.
May 11, 2018 · The shoot was gruelling, as Chong confirms from her Los Angeles home: "The horror was real," she says. "It was hellacious — the most trying, almost soul-killing experience making that film.
May 20, 2023 · Rae Dawn Chong is a Canadian-American actress and the oldest daughter of comedy legend Tommy Chong. Chong made her acting debut at thirteen in 1974 as Greta in the television show...
