Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was born in 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 elder sister. She also has five half-siblings from the other relationships her father had with his family. Her father is African American and her mother Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant emigrants of Russia and Latvia). Rashida was raised Reform Judaism. Her birthplace was Bel Air, Los Angeles. Jones has stated of her multi-racial parentage, "It was the 1970s and still not that acceptable for them to be together." Jones began her professional acting debut in The Last Don, a 1997 mini-series based on the novel by Mario Puzo. Rashida was also an Harvard University graduate in 1997. She was a student at the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks (California). Voted the Most Likely Sufferer. Arabic (O+ O'UO-O(c), her name) stands for "Major," adult, mature, wise or older. In People Magazine's "50 most beautiful people" list. (USA2002) Half-sister to Quincy Jones III and Jolie Jones. Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski Jones, Rachel Jones, and Martina Jones. Once engaged to music producer Mark Ronson on 25th February 2003. Niece of Robert Lipton. Her romantic partners include Josh Hartnett and Charlie Hunnam. A vocalist was included in the tribute song to Tupac Shakur who was engaged to her sister Kidada Jones. Kidada and Rashida were produced by Quincy Jones III, the brother of Quincy Jones III. Quincy Jones III was present in the introduction and sang the lyrics from the poem by Shakur "Starry Night." Shakur's poem is the source for the song's title. Rashida is African-American and has more English, Scottish, or Welsh family ancestry than his mother (some of his African family members are of the Tikar tribe from Cameroon). Rashida's mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent). Her paternal grandparents, both from South Carolina, and Mississippi as the paternal grandparents of her father. 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 cult television comedy series Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2006), and The Office (2005).