Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was the younger daughter and media mogul, producer, musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Kidada Jones is her elder sibling. There are five half-siblings from her father's other relationships. Her father is African-American, and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant from the emigrants who emigrated to Russia and Latvia). Rashida was educated in Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. Jones has revealed of her dual race parents, "It was the 1970s and still wasn't that appropriate for them to be together." Jones made her acting debut professionally with The Last Don in 1997 the mini-series based on Mario Puzo. Rashida was also a Harvard University graduate in 1997. She attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks (California). Awarded Most Likely To Succeed. Arabic (O+ O'UO-O(c), her name) stands for "Major," adult, mature, wise or older. People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list. (USA) [2002] Half-sister of Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones, Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones, and Rachel Jones. On February 25, 2003, Mark Ronson, a music producer, had previously been engaged to her. Niece of Robert Lipton. She is romantically associated with Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam, and John Krasinski. Kidada Jones was the ring bearer for her sister's engagement and also singer for the Tupac Shakur tribute track. Rashida as well as Kidada's brother Quincy Jones III produced the track, while their father, Quincy Jones, made an appearance while reciting the words of the poem by Shakur "Starry Night" during the introduction. The song's title is a reference to the poem. Rashida is African-American and has more English, Scottish, or Welsh heritage than his mother (some of his African family members are of the Tikar tribe of Cameroon). Her mother, Rashida, is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent). Her paternal grandparents, who came of South Carolina, and Mississippi as her paternal grandparents. Her maternal grandfather was born to New Yorkers, and her maternal grandmother was of Eastern European Jewish heritage. By the end of 2009, she was playing three distinct characters in the show, including "Karen" in the iconic sitcoms on TV: Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella ((2005) and The Office ((2005)).