Biography for
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Date of Birth

28 February 1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Spouse

C. Thomas Howell	(11 July 1989 - 1990) (divorced)
Owen Baylis	(1982 - ?) (divorced) 1 son

Trivia

Daughter of Tommy Chong and Maxine Sneed.

Sister of Robbi Chong.

Was going to play Willis's girlfriend on "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978), but producers thought that she wasn't ethnic looking enough and cast Janet Jackson instead.

Siblings (half/full): Robbi Chong, Marcus Chong, Paris Chong, Gilbran Chong.

U.S. citizen.

Subject of Stephen Lynch's song, RDC (Opie's Lament).

She is Afro-Asian. Her mother is African-Canadian/First Nations, and her father is Scottish-Irish/Chinese-Canadian.

Has a son, Morgan.

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.

An active volunteer for many charities, strongly supporting Habitat for Humanity and Byron Katie's work with inmates in prisons.

Mentioned in the Alice In Chains song "Love Song".

Personal Quotes

Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks.

I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.

Whoopi Goldberg is a blazing trail for black women - for just black anything to be successful. Still, I often ask myself if I have to be a 30-year-old ex-junkie who lived in Berkeley and did stand-up comedy in Germany, before I can get some respect.

Where Are They Now

(November 2003) Is married, the mother of two sons, and divides her time between Vancouver, B.C. (where she lives) and Los Angeles, California (where she works).