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. Her older sister is Kidada Jones, as well as five half-siblings from the various relationships between her father and his other partners. Her father is African American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant of immigrants from Russia and Latvia). Rashida was raised Reform Judaism. Her birthplace was Bel Air, Los Angeles. Jones has made statements about her multi-racial parentage, "It was the 1970s and it's not even that acceptable to have them together." Jones began her debut as a professional actor in The Last Don in 1997 A mini-series that was inspired by Mario Puzo. Rashida was also an Harvard University graduate in 1997. In 1997, she attended the Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. Awarded Most Likely To Succeed. The name she uses is Arabic (O+-O'UO-O(c)) which means "Major, adult, grown-up, elder or wise". The People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list. (USA[2002] Half-sister to Quincy Jones III and Jolie Jones. Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski Jones, Rachel Jones, and Martina Jones. Was previously married to Mark Ronson (music producer) 25 February 2003. Niece of Robert Lipton. She was romantically connected to Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam and John Krasinski. She sang in a Tupac Shakur tribute tune, that was written by Kidada Jones and her sister. Rashida and Kidada's brother Quincy Jones III produced the song, and their father, Quincy Jones, made an appearance while reciting the words of the song by Tupac Shakur "Starry Night" during the introduction. The poem was the inspiration behind the title of the song. Rashida's father, who is African-American also has a less significant amount of English, Scottish and Welsh ancestry (some relatives of Rashida's African ancestors are from the Tikar people of Cameroon). Rashida's mother, Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish heritage as well as Latvian Jewish heritage), is Rashida. 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. She has been playing three characters named "Karen" from 2009 to present on the TV show that is a cult comedy series Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2006), and The Office (2005).