Rae Dawn Chong

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Rae Dawn Chong Wiki Biography

Rae Dawn Chong was born on the 28th February 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, and is a Canadian-American actress. Apart from being Tommy Chong’s daughter, she is best known for several of her appearances in “Quest for Fire” (1981), “Commando” (1985), “The Color Purple” (1985), “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie” (1990) and “Jeff, Who Lives at Home” (2011).

Have you ever wondered how much wealth this Genie Award winning actress has accumulated so far? How rich Rae Dawn Chong is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total amount of Rae Dawn Chong’s net worth, as of mid-2016, is $4 million. It has been acquired throughout her acting career which has been active since 1974.

Rae Dawn Chong was born the first child into a family of Afro-Canadian, Cherokee, Scotch-Irish and Chinese descent, to Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong, an actor and comedian famous as a part of the iconic comic duo, Cheech & Chong as well as for his role of Leo in “That ’70s Show”. Besides Rae, her sister Robbi and half-brother Marcus Chong are also noted actors.

The official beginning of Rae Dawn Chong’s acting career was in 1974 when she debuted on small screens in the role of Greta in “The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton” TV movie. Her first big screen appearance happened in 1978, when she was cast as Janetta in Andrew Davis’ musical drama about the only white kid in the neighborhood – “Stony Island”. However, Rae Dawn’s real career breakthrough came in 1981, when she was cast for the role of Ika in “Quest for Fire”. Jean-Jacques Annaud’s prehistoric drama pictures the prehistoric tribesmen’s quest for finding the new source of fire and was rewarded with an Academy Awards as well as BAFTA Film Award for the Best Makeup.

Besides this, Rae Dawn was honored with a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. The latter achievement certainly helped young Rae Dawn Chong to establish herself in the acting world, as well as to add a respectable sum to her overall net worth.

In the course of the following years, Rae Dawn Chong managed to maintain a continuous streak of successful acting projects, including appearances in several Hollywood blockbusters such as “Choose Me” and “Beat Street” both in 1984. She also appeared in the 1985 action thriller “Commando”, opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the leading role.

Later that year, the audience got the chance to watch Rae Dawn in one of Steven Spielberg‘s masterpieces, five-time Academy Award nominee – “The Color Purple”. Doubtlessly, all these accomplishments dramatically contributed to Rae Dawn Chong’s overall net worth.

The 1990s and 2000s represent the most active years of Rae Dawn Chong’s acting career, with over 60 roles in movies and TV series. Some of her most recent acting projects include the 2014 comedy “Knock ’em Dead”, and the role of Patty Donner in the 2016 TV series “Better Things”.

When it comes to her personal life, Rae Dawn Chong has married three times. From the first marriage, with Owen Baylis’ she has one child before divorce in 1982. Between 1989 and 1990, Rae was married to C. Thomas Howell, her “Soul Man” (1986) colleague and co-star, with whom she has another child. Since 2011, she has been married to Nathan Ulrich.

Apart from acting, Rae Dawn Chong has been active in various charity causes, such as Habitat for Humanity and Byron Katie’s The Work.

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Rae Dawn Chong Quick Info

Full Name Rae Dawn Chong
Net Worth $4 Million
Date Of Birth February 28, 1961
Place Of Birth Edmonton, Canada
Height 1.73 m
Profession Actor
Nationality American, Canadian
Spouse Nathan Ulrich (m. 2011), C. Thomas Howell (m. 1989–1990), Owen Baylis (m. ?–1982)
Children Morgan Baylis
Parents Tommy Chong, Maxine Sneed
Siblings Gilbran Chong, Robbi Chong, Marcus Chong, Precious Chong, Paris Chong
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001044/
Awards Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Movies Commando, Quest for Fire, The Color Purple, Beat Street, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, American Flyers, Soul Man, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Fear City, Choose Me, The Squeeze, Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers, The Borrower, Far Out Man, The Principal, Crying Freeman, When the Party’s Over,…
TV Shows Mysterious Ways, Wild Card, Charity Jam, Mysterious Ways, Wild Card, Charity Jam

Rae Dawn Chong Quotes

  • Whoopi Goldberg is a blazing trail for black women – for just black anything to be successful. Still, I often ask myself if I have to be a 30-year-old ex-junkie who lived in Berkeley and did stand-up comedy in Germany, before I can get some respect.
  • I have a good mind but I don’t like to bore anyone with it.
  • Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks.

Rae Dawn Chong Important Facts

  • Is married, the mother of two sons, and divides her time between Vancouver, B.C. (where she lives) and Los Angeles, California (where she works). [November 2003]
  • Mentioned in the Alice In Chains song “Love Song”.
  • An active volunteer for many charities, strongly supporting Habitat for Humanity and Byron Katie’s work with inmates in prisons.
  • Discovered Chris Pratt (who starred on the WB’s Everwood (2002)) while he was a waiter at a restaurant in Hawaii where she was eating dinner one evening.
  • Has a son, Morgan.
  • Rae’s paternal grandfather, Stanley Chong, was Chinese, and Rae’s paternal grandmother, Lorna Jean Gilchrist, was of Scots-Irish descent. Rae’s maternal grandparents, Napoleon Sneed and Willa Carothers, were both the children of African-American immigrants to Canada (their families were from the American South).
  • Subject of Stephen Lynch’s song, RDC (Opie’s Lament).
  • U.S. citizen.
  • Siblings (half/full): Robbi Chong, Marcus Chong, Paris Chong, Gilbran Chong.
  • Was going to play Willis’s girlfriend on Diff’rent Strokes (1978), but producers thought that she wasn’t ethnic looking enough and cast Janet Jackson instead.
  • Sister of Robbi Chong.
  • Daughter of Tommy Chong and Maxine Sneed.

Rae Dawn Chong Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Street Signs: Homeless But Not Hopeless filming Narrator (voice) Actress
Better Things 2016 TV Series Patty Donner Actress
Drizzle of Hope 2015 Short Ms. Johnson Actress
Knock ’em Dead 2014 Jenny Logan Actress
Mud Lotus 2013 Short Kim Actress
Pegasus Vs. Chimera 2012 TV Movie Mayda Actress
Shiver 2012 Detective Burdine Actress
Jeff, Who Lives at Home 2011 Carol Actress
Etta, Kit, and Grace 2010 Video short Etta Actress
Cyrus 2010/II Vivian Actress
That’s So Raven 2007 TV Series Lynn Thomas Actress
Deadly Skies 2006 TV Movie Madison Taylor Actress
Max Havoc: Ring of Fire 2006 Sister Caroline Actress
Constellation 2005 Jenita Boxer Actress
Wild Card 2003-2004 TV Series Sophie Mason Actress
Judging Amy 2002 TV Series Atty. Westland Actress
Mysterious Ways 2000-2002 TV Series Dr. Peggy Fowler Actress
The Visit 2000/I Felicia Actress
Dangerous Attraction 2000 Ann Rich Actress
Things I Forgot to Remember 1999 Mary Actress
Protector 1998 Video Sally Actress
Goodbye America 1997 Special Agent Danzig Actress
Poltergeist: The Legacy 1997 TV Series Tanya Moreau Actress
Alibi 1997 TV Movie D.A. Linda Garcia Actress
Starlight 1996 Arianna Actress
For Hope 1996 TV Movie Woman at Bar (uncredited) Actress
Small Time 1996/I The Woman Actress
Mask of Death 1996 Cassandra Turner Actress
Highlander 1996 TV Series Claudia Jardine Actress
Crazy Love 1995 TV Series Dr. Call Actress
Crying Freeman 1995 Detective Forge Actress
The Break 1995 Jennifer Hudson Actress
Power of Attorney 1995 Video Joan Armstrong Actress
The Outer Limits 1995 TV Series Karen Heatherton Actress
Hideaway 1995 Rose Orwetto Actress
Amberwaves 1994 Misty Actress
Boca 1994 J.J. Actress
Boulevard 1994 Ola Actress
Lonesome Dove: The Series 1994 TV Series May Lawson Actress
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations 1993 TV Movie Yvonne Actress
Melrose Place 1992-1993 TV Series Carrie Fellows Actress
Time Runner 1993 Karen Donaldson Actress
When the Party’s Over 1993 M.J. Actress
Nitecap 1992 TV Series Host Actress
Chaindance 1991 Ilene Curtis Actress
The Borrower 1991 Diana Pierce Actress
The Hitchhiker 1991 TV Series Leesa White Actress
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside 1991 TV Movie Rhonda Actress
Amazon 1990 Paola Actress
Curiosity Kills 1990 TV Movie Jane Actress
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 1990 Carola (segment “Lover’s Vow”) Actress
Denial 1990 Julie Actress
Running Out of Luck 1987 Slave Girl Actress
The Principal 1987 Hilary Orozco Actress
The Squeeze 1987 Rachel Dobs Actress
Soul Man 1986 Sarah Walker Actress
Tall Tales & Legends 1986 TV Series Circe Lafemme Actress
The Color Purple 1985 Squeak Actress
Badge of the Assassin 1985 TV Movie Christine Horn Actress
Commando 1985 Cindy Actress
American Flyers 1985 Sarah Actress
St. Elsewhere 1983-1985 TV Series Billie Vaughn / Clerk Billie Vaughn / Hooker Actress
City Limits 1984 Yogi Actress
Choose Me 1984 Pearl Antoine Actress
Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers 1984 The Gypsy Actress
Fear City 1984 Leila Actress
Beat Street 1984 Tracy Carlson Actress
Quest for Fire 1981 Ika Actress
Lou Grant 1980 TV Series Adrienne Actress
Top of the Hill 1980 TV Movie Rita Actress
Stony Island 1978 Janetta Actress
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1974 TV Series Greta Actress
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton 1974 TV Movie Greta Actress
Soul Man 1986 “Black Girls” / performer: “Black Girls” Soundtrack
Stony Island 1978 lyrics: “Chi-Town” / music: “Chi-Town” Soundtrack
Cursed Part 3 2000 Short Director
Cursed Part 3 2000 Short Writer
Cursed Part 3 2000 Short executive producer Producer
Cultivating a Classic: The Making of ‘The Color Purple’ 2003 Video documentary short special thanks Thanks
A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting ‘The Color Purple’ 2003 Video documentary short special thanks Thanks
Behind the Scenes with Rae Dawn Chong 2015 Video short Herself Self
Top 40 Ultimate Action Movies 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself / Cindy Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories 2013 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Fashion News Live 2013 TV Series Herself Self
The Making of Stony Island, Music Makes Us One 2012 Video documentary short Herself Self
Die Trying 2010 Documentary Herself Self
The Oprah Winfrey Show 2010 TV Series Herself Self
Commando: Let Off Some Steam 2007 Video documentary Herself Self
Commando: Pure Action 2007 Video documentary Herself Self
Greasy Rider 2006 Documentary Herself Self
Charity Jam 2005 TV Series documentary Host Self
Open Access 2004 TV Series Herself Self
A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting ‘The Color Purple’ 2003 Video documentary short Herself Self
Alberta Film and Television Awards 2003 TV Special Herself – Host Self
The 3rd Annual Leo Awards 2001 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
I Love 1980’s 2001 TV Series documentary Cindy Self
Highball 1997 Herself Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 1990-1991 TV Series Herself Self
Far Out Man 1990 Herself Self
Walking After Midnight 1988 Documentary Herself Self
The Subject Is AIDS 1986 Video short documentary Herself – Narration Self
Late Night with David Letterman 1986 TV Series Herself Self
The Making of ‘The Corsican Brothers’ 1984 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
The Quest for Fire Adventure 1982 TV Short documentary Herself (uncredited) Self
À propos de ‘La guerre du feu’ 1981 TV Short documentary Herself Self
Chelsea Lately 2013 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Poltergeist: The Legacy 1997 TV Series Tanya Moreau Archive Footage
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1990 TV Series Carola Archive Footage

Rae Dawn Chong Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1983 Genie Genie Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role La guerre du feu (1981) Won
1983 Genie Genie Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role La guerre du feu (1981) Nominated