Robbi Chong
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Born | Robbi Lynn Chong May 28, 1965 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Other names | Robby Chong |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1983–2007 2015 |
Robbi Lynn Chong (born May 28, 1965) is a Canadian actress and former model.
Early life
[edit]Chong was born on May 28, 1965, in Vancouver, British Columbia, the second daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong, an actor, comedian, director and writer.[1] Both parents are biracial: her mother is of Black Canadian and Cherokee descent and her father is half Scotch-Irish, French and half Chinese.[2] Her sister Rae Dawn Chong is also an actress. They have three younger half-brothers (including one who is adopted) and a half-sister from their father's second marriage.
Career
[edit]Robbi Chong studied acting in Los Angeles, California for two years and began appearing frequently on stage and television, working full-time. She was an international cover girl who joined the Click Modeling Agency at age 19 and modeled in Paris from 1983 to 1988.
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]- Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) as Princess III
- Sécurité publique (1987) as Suzannah
- Far Out Man (1990) as Dancer
- The Evil Inside Me (1993) as Bobbie
- Jimmy Hollywood (1994) as Casting Secretary
- Ellie Parker (2005) as Acting Student
- Shelter (2007) as Receptionist
- Only God Can (2015) as Patrice
TV series
[edit]- The Cosby Show (1988) as Doctor
- You Bet Your Life (1992)
- Dave's World (1995)
- Murder One (1995) as Reporter #4
- Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996–1999) as Alexandra Moreau
- The Outer Limits (1999, Episode: "Blank Slate") as Hope Wilson
- The Outer Limits (1999, Episode: "Star Crossed") as Teresita Arboleda
- Red Shoe Diaries 12: Girl on a Bike (2000) (segment "Written Word")
- ER (2006) as Sonya Ames
References
[edit]- ^ Tommy Chong Biography (1938-)
- ^ Pratt, Paul E. "Growing Up a Chong" Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, AsianWeek, 18 November 2005
External links
[edit]- Robbi Chong at IMDb
- Robbi Chong discography at Discogs
- 1965 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century Canadian actresses
- Actresses from Vancouver
- Black Canadian actresses
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian people who self-identify as being of Cherokee descent
- Canadian people of Chinese descent
- Canadian people of French descent
- Canadian people of Ulster-Scottish descent
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian screen actor stubs