Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was born Los Angeles, California to Quincy Jones, a media producer and mogul, as well as Peggy Lipton, Rashida is the younger sister of actress Peggy Lipton and Quincy Jones. Kidada Jones is her older sibling. There are five half-siblings due to her father's other marriages. Her father is African-American, and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant from the emigrants who emigrated from Russia and Latvia). Rashida was born into Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Jones admitted that Jones' mixed race parents weren't acceptable to her during the 1970s. Jones' professional acting debut was in The Last Don (1997) the mini-series inspired by Mario Puzo's novel. Rashida was also a Harvard University graduate in 1997. The course was at the Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. She was named the Most Likely to Succeed. The name she uses is Arabic (O+-O'UO-O(c)) to mean "Major adult, mature and wise". On People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list. (USA) [2002] Half sister to Quincy Jones III. Jolie Jones III. Martina Jones. Kenya Kinski-Jones. Rachel Jones. Was previously engaged to producer Mark Ronson on 25th February 2003. Niece of Robert Lipton. She is romantically tied to Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam and John Krasinski. Appeared as a vocalist in an ode to Tupac Shakur who was married to her sister Kidada Jones. Rashida and Kidada's brother Quincy Jones III produced the track, while their father, Quincy Jones, made an appearance while reciting the words from Shakur's poem "Starry Night" in the intro. The poem was the inspiration behind the title of the song. Rashida's father was African-American but also has smaller quantities of English, Scottish, and Welsh, and Welsh ancestry (some of his African family members were descendants of the Tikar people of Cameroon). Rashida's motheris Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish heritage and Latvian Jewish heritage), is Rashida. Her maternal grandparents are from South Carolina and Mississippi. Her maternal grandfather was born to New Yorkers and her maternal grandmother was of Eastern European Jewish heritage. She has played three characters called "Karen" from 2009 to present on the popular TV comedy series Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2006), and The Office (2005).