Rae Dawn Chong
Biography
Rae Dawn Chong is a Canadian actress who came to screen work through a handful of television roles before her second feature, Quest for Fire (1981), earned her a Genie Award for best leading performance. Born in Edmonton to the actor and comedian Tommy Chong, she went on to a run of 1980s films that included Choose Me (1984), Beat Street (1984), American Flyers (1985), The Color Purple (1985), Commando (1985), Soul Man (1986) and The Principal (1987). She also acted alongside her father in Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) and Far Out Man (1990). On television she starred in the science fiction drama Mysterious Ways from 2000 to 2002 and in the first season of Wild Card, and later appeared in Better Things and 9-1-1. Her later credits include Impeachment: American Crime Story in 2021 and Interview with the Vampire in 2022. She directed the short horror film Cursed Part 3 in 2000.
65years old
Turns 66 on February 28in 110 days
- Born Edmonton
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 26
- Career span
- 41 years1981 to 2022
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Big break
Chong scouted Chris Pratt when he was 19 and waiting tables at a Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant in Maui. She gave him a part in Cursed Part 3, the short horror film that marked her directorial debut and was shot in Los Angeles in 2000.
Beyond film
In 1985, Rae Dawn Chong took the part of the love interest in the music video for Mick Jagger's song "Just Another Night".
Behind the award
In 2021, Rae Dawn Chong received the "Invisible Woman Award" from the Women Film Critics Circle. The honor recognized her work in the drama film The Sleeping Negro.
Rae Dawn Chong movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tommy Chong directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together4 more actors
- Margaret AveryWe Are Gathered Here Today (2022) and The Color Purple (1985)
- Shelby ChongFar Out Man (1990) and Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)
- Robert DryerFather & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993) and The Borrower (1991)
- Saraphina JoachimHideaway (1995) and Time Runner (1993)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Rae Dawn Chong's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$353 million
11 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 26 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 10Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$146M41.5% of the total
- 2$58M16.3% of the total
- 3$55M15.7% of the total
- 4$35M9.9% of the total
- 5$20M5.6% of the total
- 6$17M4.7% of the total
- 7$12M3.5% of the total
- 8$4.4M1.2% of the total
$5.6 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.