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. Her older sister is Kidada Jones, as well as five half-siblings through the various relationships between her father and his other partners. Her father is African American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant emigrants from Russia and Latvia). Rashida was raised in Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. Jones has stated of her parents of mixed race, "It was the 1970s and it's still not acceptable for them to be in a relationship." Jones first professional acting experience was in The Last Don (1997) the mini-series based on Mario Puzo's novel. Rashida was also an Harvard University graduate in 1997. She attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks (California). Was voted Most Likely to be Successful. Her name is Arabic (O+-O'UO-O(c)) to mean "Major adult, mature and wise". 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 25 February 2003, Mark Ronson, a music producer, had previously been engaged to her. Niece of Robert Lipton. She was romantically linked to Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam and John Krasinski. She was a singer in a Tupac Shakur tribute tune, that was written by Kidada Jones as well as her sister. Kidada and Rashida's brother Quincy Jones III composed the song. Quincy Jones III, their father, was also featured in the opening, reciting Shakur's lyrics "Starry Night". The poem is the source of the song's title. Rashida's father is African American, as well as having smaller amounts of English, Scottish, and Welsh, the ancestry of which is Welsh, Scottish, and English (some of his African ancestral ancestors came from the Tikar people of Cameroon). Rashida is Ashkenazi Jewish, of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent. Her maternal grandparents, who came of South Carolina, and Mississippi are her paternal grandparents. Her maternal grandfather was born in New York and her maternal grandmother, who is of Eastern European Jewish descent, was born in Dublin, Ireland. She has been playing three characters that are named "Karen" since 2009 on the cult TV comedy show Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2006), and The Office (2005).