Celebrity Biographies
Rae Dawn Chong Biography
Date of Birth: | 1961, February 28 |
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Years: | 59 years |
Nation of birth: | United States of America |
Name | Rae Dawn Chong |
birth name | Rae Dawn Chongs |
Dad | tommy chong |
Mother | maxine sneed |
Nationality | Canadian |
Place of birth / city | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
ethnicity | Mixed |
Profession | Actress |
Net worth | $4 million |
Married | Nope |
Divorce | yes (three times) |
tv show | Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in |
Originally from Edmonton, Alberta Rae Dawn Chong is a popular actress for her roles like The Color Purple and Drizzle of Hope . She is also famous for being the daughter of veteran television personality, actor, and comedian Tommy Chong. She is also known for the hit action movie. Command in which she played Cindy alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Early life and education of Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong was born on February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She has the zodiac sign of Pisces which describes her as an intuitive, artistic, selfless, generous and emotional person. She was born to mother Maxine Sneed and father Tommy Chong. Her parents are of mixed ethnicity.
His father had Chinese and Scottish Irish heritage and his mother had Black Canadian and First Nations heritage. She has a brother, a sister Robbie Chong . She also has a half sister and three half brothers. Her sisters are precious Chong and her brothers are named Marcus Chong, Gilbran Chong and Paris Chang. She is of mixed ethnicity and is Canadian by nationality.
Rae Dawn Chong’s career
Chong began her television career with Walt Disney’s The Wonderful World of Color in 1974 and drew media and public attention from her first appearance. She has played in a number of series ranging from Top of the Hill to 9-1-1 where she starred alongside Angela Bassett , Oliver Stark , Aisha Hinds and Peter Krause . She was mainly active as a TV actress in the late ’80s and through the ’90s.
He made his big screen debut in 1978 with the film Stony Island . She also acted in the action movie. command . Her film credit includes movies like Deadly Skies, Cyrus and Who Lives at Home among others.
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Being a renowned actress, Dawn also sought out Chris Pratt for her acting career. She found him at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant in Maui, Hawaii, where he was working as a waiter. Later, she cast him in a role, in her directorial debut. Damn Part 3 which turned out to be Pratt’s breakout role.
Rae Dawn Chong Net Worth
Rae Chong has worked on various movies and shows for years and because of this, she has amassed a whopping net worth of $4 million. Her salary and income have yet to be revealed, however, seeing her good will, we can predict that she earns a good amount of salary from her acting career.
His movie Jeff , Who Lives at Home released in 2012 grossed over $4.3 million at the box office. Some of her movies have even grossed over $50 million, so we can predict that she makes a good amount of money from movies.
Some of his biggest hits include Commando which grossed over $57 million and The Color Purple which grossed $98 million worldwide.
Rae Dawn Chong’s Personal Life
Dawn is a single woman and hasn’t been in a relationship for a long time. She is a beautiful woman and has been married three times in the past. She was married to Owen Bayliss, her first husband, who was a stockbroker. She has not disclosed her wedding date, but the couple divorced in 1982. She has a son, Morgan Bayliss, with her first husband. Bayliss .
After her first divorce, she married the actor. C. Thomas Howell in 1989, who was her co-star in the film Soul of a Man in 1990. Dawn also divorced her second husband just a year later in 1990. She remained single for a long time after the second divorce from her.
Later she started dating Nathan Ulrich and after a few years of dating, she married him in 2011. But like her previous relationships, this did not last and they ended up breaking up in 2014. As of January 2019, she is not in a relationship. with nobody.