Rae Dawn Chong

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Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity.

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The Sleeping Negro (2021)

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 La guerre du feu (1981). She played the young, Ivaka prisoner, Ika. Other notables roles include Harpo's girlfriend "Squeek", aka, Mary Agnes in Steven Spielberg's five-time Academy Award-nominated film, Màu tía (1985), and James Remar's beautiful and mysterious wife, Carola in Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990).

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

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Commando

6.7

Cindy

1985

Màu tía

7.7

Squeak

1985

La guerre du feu

7.3

1981

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

6.2

Carola (segment "Lover's Vow")

1990

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Actress

Scared to Death
6.5
- Ruth
- 2024
Interview with the Vampire
7.4
TV Series
- Florence de Pointe du Lac
- 2022
The Mistress
4.2
- Evelyn
- 2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
5.6
- Mary Reed
- 2022
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
7.5
TV Series
- Sheena Murphy
- 2021
American Crime Story
8.4
TV Series
- Betty Currie
- 2021
The Sleeping Negro
5.9
- Black Woman
- 2021
My Sister Is So Gay
5.0
TV Series
- Parker
- 2019
Cuộc Gọi Khẩn Cấp 911
7.9
TV Series
- Stacey Mullins
- 2018–2019
Reborn
4.3
- Dory Ryder
- 2018
Five Minutes
6.6
Short
- Delores
- 2017
Better Things
7.9
TV Series
- Patty Donner
- 2016
Drizzle of Hope
Short
- Ms. Johnson
- 2015
Knock 'em Dead
4.3
- Jenny Logan
- 2014
Mud Lotus
8.3
Short
- Kim
- 2013

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Height
- 1.73 m
Born
- February 28, 1961
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Morgan Baylis
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Music video for Mick Jagger: Just Another Night
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Trivia
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.