AKA: Robbi Chong
Nationality: Canadian
Birthdate: 02/28/1961
Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
First earned attention with her role as an Ice Age woman in Jean-Jacques Annaud's prehistoric epic, "Quest for Fire" (1981). Chong won a Genie (the Canadian Oscar) for her performance, which involved speaking a special language devised by novelist Anthony Burgess. She has since displayed a gift for wisecracking, offbeat characterizations in more contemporary settings. Daughter of comedian Tommy Chong (of "Cheech and Chong" fame); married at one time to actor C Thomas Howell with whom she co-starred in "Soul Man" (1986).
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1974
Discovered at age 12 by Disney talent scout and cast in the TV movie "The Whiz Kid of Riverton"
1978
Film acting debut "Stony Island"
1981
First major screen role in "Quest for Fire"
1984
Landed a lead role in the urban dance drama "Beat Street"
1984
Played the role of a gypsy in her father's film "Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers"
