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19-616: [REDACTED] Look up boca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boca or BOCA may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Boca , a 1994 film starring Rae Dawn Chong Boca (2010 film) , a 2010 Brazilian film "Boca" ( The Sopranos episode) , a 1999 episode of the American television series The Sopranos "Boca", a song by Dreamcatcher from Dystopia Lose Myself (2020) Locations [ edit ] La Boca ,

38-653: A city in Palm Beach County, Florida Boca Raton (disambiguation) , several places Several straits separating Trinidad and Tobago from the South American mainland: The Bocas del Dragón (consisting of the Boca Grande, Boca de Navios, Boca de Huevos, and Boca de Monos) The Boca del Serpiente or Columbus Channel The Bocas Islands , which lie in the Bocas del Dragón Boca (river) ,

57-639: A defunct football team from Belize A.S.D. Boca Pietri , a football team from Bologna, Italy Boca Ascesa Val Liona , a football team from Grancona, Italy Sociedade Boca Júnior Futebol Clube , a football club based in Cristinápolis, Sergipe, Brazil Other uses [ edit ] Bird Observation & Conservation Australia , the former Bird Observers Club of Australia Bloque Obrero Comunista de Andalucía , an Andalusian Communist group Boca Burger , an American brand of vegetarian hamburger Bureau of Consular Affairs (Republic of China) ,

76-928: A government agency in Taiwan BOCA National Property Maintenance Code, a publication created by the Building Officials Code Administrators International (BOCA). See International Building Code Boca Research , a defunct modem manufacturer Boulevard Oaks Civic Association, for the neighborhood of Boulevard Oaks, Houston , Texas See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "boca" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with Boca All pages with titles containing Boca Boca Chica (disambiguation) (Small Boca; Spanish: small mouth ) Boca grande (disambiguation) (Large Boca; Spanish: large mouth ) Topics referred to by

95-647: A half-sister by their father's second wife. In addition to Rae Dawn, two of her sisters and her adopted brother Marcus Chong have pursued acting careers. Chong has said that her paternal grandfather left a poor village in China in the 1930s to live with an aunt in Vancouver , where Chinese immigrants were mostly sequestered in a small area due to racial discrimination, and that although he spoke Cantonese , he refused to teach it to his children or grandchildren. She said, "I think my grandfather had great racial shame, which

114-641: A municipality in the Province of Novara, Italy Boca de Tomatlán , a village in Jalisco, Mexico Boca Del Mar, Florida , a census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida Boca del Río, Veracruz , a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz Boca Grande, Florida , a town on Gasparilla Island, Florida Boca grande (disambiguation) , several places Boca Pointe, Florida , a census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida Boca Raton, Florida ,

133-700: A neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina La Boca Formation , a geological formation in Mexico Boca, California , a former settlement Boca, a village in Samarinești Commune, Gorj County, Romania Boca Chica , a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic Boca Chica Key , an island in the lower Florida Keys Boca Chica (disambiguation) , several places Boca, Novara ,

152-540: A number of independent movies. She returned to television appearing in two episodes of Better Things in 2016, and two episodes of 9-1-1 (2018-19). In 2021, she played Betty Currie in the FX series Impeachment: American Crime Story . In 2021, Chong was honored with the "Invisible Woman Award" from the Women Film Critics Circle for "Supporting performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on

171-620: A song about Chong—"R.D.C. (Opie's Lament)"—as the 12th track on his 2000 debut album A Little Bit Special . Bloque Obrero Comunista de Andaluc%C3%ADa Communist Workers Bloc of Andalusia (in Spanish : Bloque Obrero Comunista de Andalucía ) was a political formation in the municipality of Jódar , Jaén province , Spain . BOCA emerged from a split from the Communist Party of the Andalusian People (PCPA). BOCA

190-613: A tributary of the Siret in eastern Romania La Boca, New Mexico , a census-designated place People [ edit ] Andrea Del Boca , an Argentine television actress Carlos Bocanegra , nicknamed 'Boca', an American soccer player Sports [ edit ] Boca Juniors , a sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina Boca Unidos , a sports club based in Corrientes, Argentina Boca F.C. ,

209-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rae Dawn Chong Chong later starred in films Beat Street (1984), American Flyers (1985), The Color Purple (1985), Commando (1985), Soul Man (1986), The Principal (1987), Tales from the Darkside (1990), Time Runner (1993), and Boulevard (1994). She is the daughter of comedian and actor Tommy Chong . Chong

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228-599: The film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored" for her performance in the drama film The Sleeping Negro . In 2022, Chong portrayed Florence de Pointe du Lac in the AMC series Interview with the Vampire . Chong married Owen Baylis, a stockbroker, and they had a son named Morgan. They divorced in 1982. In 1989, she married actor C. Thomas Howell , her co-star in the feature film Soul Man . They divorced in 1990. In 2011, Chong married Nathan Ulrich (one of

247-668: The films Choose Me (1984), Beat Street (1984), The Color Purple (1985), and Commando (1985). She appeared with her father in Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) and Far Out Man (1990). In 1985, Chong played the love interest in Mick Jagger 's video " Just Another Night ". At 19 years old, Chris Pratt was waiting tables at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant in Maui when he

266-480: The founders of Xootr ). They divorced in 2014. British-American rapper-producer MF DOOM recorded a song titled "Rae Dawn". It was released under the alias Viktor Vaughn, as a single from his third studio album Vaudeville Villain (some releases list the title as "Raedawn"). The reference to Chong appears in the lyrics: "New drink, named it after Chong daughter". Rapper Redman mentions Chong in his 1994 song "Winicumuhround". Comedian Stephen Lynch also has

285-452: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boca . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boca&oldid=1254208882 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Spanish-language text Short description

304-480: Was born on February 28, 1961, in Edmonton , Alberta , Canada, the first daughter of actor/comedian Tommy Chong . Her father is of Chinese and Scots-Irish descent and her mother, Maxine Sneed, was of Black Canadian descent. She also self-identifies as being of Cherokee descent through her mother. Her younger sister Robbi Chong is a model and actress. They have three younger half-brothers (one adopted) and

323-483: Was hard on us growing up. ... We grew up desperate to know anything about our Chinese culture." Later in life, though, her grandfather "saw the error of his ways and embraced his heritage." After acting in a few television roles, Chong's second feature film was Quest for Fire (1981), for which she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 1983. Other notable roles have been in

342-537: Was registered as a political party on February 25, 1998. BOCA has participated in the 1999 and 2003 municipal elections in Jodar. In 1999 it got 435 votes (6.46%) and one seat in the municipal council. In 2003 it got 495 votes (7.08%) and one seat. At times BOCA have supported the municipal government of the United Left (IU). In January 2004 a break between BOCA and IU occurred, after which IU had to seek support from

361-481: Was scouted by Chong; she cast him in her directorial debut, the short horror film Cursed Part 3 , which was filmed in Los Angeles in 2000. On television, Chong starred opposite Adrian Pasdar in the science fiction drama series Mysterious Ways from 2000 to 2002. later she starred in the first season of Lifetime comedy-drama series Wild Card opposite Joely Fisher . The following years, she appeared in

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