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
Am Anfang war das Feuer (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,
Die Farbe Lila (1985), and
James Remar's beautiful and mysterious wife,
Carola in
Geschichten aus der Schattenwelt (1990).
