Rashida Jones
Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles,
California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy
Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Her older sister is Kidada Jones, and five
half-siblings from her father's other relationships. Her father is African
American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant of refugees from
Russia and Latvia). Rashida was born into Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel
Air Los Angeles, California. Jones has made statements about her dual race
parents, "It was the 1970s and still not that acceptable for them to be in
a relationship." Jones made her professional acting debut was on The Last
Don (1997) which was a mini-series inspired by Mario Puzo's novel. Rashida
completed her studies at Harvard University in 1997. In 1997, she attended the
Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. Awarded Most Likely To Succeed.
Arabic (O+ O'UO-O(c) the name she chose) is a reference to "Major,"
adult, mature, wise or elder. In People Magazine's "50 most beautiful
people" list. (USA2002) Half-sister of Quincy Jones III and Jolie Jones.
Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski Jones, Rachel Jones, and Martina Jones. On February
25, 2003 Mark Ronson, a music producer, was engaged to her. Niece of Robert
Lipton. She was romantically associated with Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam and
John Krasinski. Kidada Jones was the ring bearer for her sister's engagement
and she also sang as singer for an Tupac Shakur tribute song. Kidada as well as
Rashida's brother Quincy Jones III composed the song. Quincy Jones III, their
father, was also featured in the opening, reciting Shakur's lines "Starry
Night". Shakur's poem is the source for the song's title. Rashida is an
African-American, and has lesser English, Scottish, or Welsh family ancestry
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 are from South Carolina and
Mississippi, respectively. Her maternal grandfather was born in New York, and
her maternal grandmother was born in Dublin, Ireland, of Eastern European
Jewish origin. As of the end of 2009 she was playing three distinct characters,
including "Karen" in the iconic sitcoms on TV: Freaks and Geeks
(1999), Stella ((2005) and The Office ((2005)).
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