Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest daughter of media mogul, producer and singer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Kidada Jones is her elder sister. She has five half-siblings from her father's other relationships. Her father is African American and her mother Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant emigrants of Russia and Latvia). Rashida was raised in Reform Judaism. Her birthplace was Bel Air, Los Angeles. Jones declared that her mixed race parents were not accepted in the society of the 1970s. Jones made her professional acting debut was in The Last Don (1997), a mini-series that was based on Mario Puzo's novel. Rashida has also graduated from Harvard University in 1997. She attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks (California). Voted Most Likely to Suffer. Arabic (O+ O'UO-O(c) (her name) stands for "Major," adult, wise, mature or elder. 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. Her romantic relationships include Josh Hartnett and Charlie Hunnam. She was a singer in a Tupac Shakur tribute song composed by Kidada Jones as well as her sister. Kidada and Rashida were produced by Quincy Jones III, the brother of Quincy Jones III. Quincy Jones III was also present during the introduction and sang the lyrics from Shakur's poem "Starry Night." The poem is the inspiration for the song's name. Rashida's dad is African-American and has lesser amounts of English, Scottish, and Welsh, ancestry (some of his African family members were descendants of the Tikar people of Cameroon). Rashida is Ashkenazi Jewish, of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent. Her maternal grandparents were from South Carolina and Mississippi. Her maternal grandfather was born to New Yorkers while her maternal grandmother was from Eastern European Jewish heritage. By the end of 2009, she was playing three distinct characters as "Karen" in the iconic sitcoms on TV: Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella ((2005) and The Office ((2005)).