Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest daughter of producer, media mogul 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 is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant emigrants from Russia and Latvia). Rashida was educated in Reform Judaism. Her birthplace was Bel Air, Los Angeles. Jones stated that her mixed-race parents were not accepted by the public until the 1970s. Jones' professional acting debut was on The Last Don (1997), a mini-series that was based on Mario Puzo's novel. In 1997, Rashida graduated from Harvard University. In 1997, she attended the Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. Voted Most Likely to Suffer. Arabic (O+O'UO O(c)) is her nickname. It means "Major" adult, mature and wise. People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list. (USA) [2002Half-sister to Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones, Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones, as well as Rachel Jones. On February 25, 2003, Mark Ronson, a music producer, had previously been engaged to her. Niece of Robert Lipton. She has been romantically connected to Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam and John Krasinski. She sang in the Tupac Shakur tribute song that was written by Kidada Jones who is her sister. Kidada as well as her brother Quincy Jones III composed the song. Quincy Jones III, their father, also appeared during the introduction, reciting Shakur's lyrics "Starry Night". The poem was the inspiration behind the song's title. The father of Rashida, who is African-American, also has less significant amount of English, Scottish and Welsh family ancestry (some relatives of Rashida's African ancestors are from the Tikar people in Cameroon). Rashida's mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent). Her maternal grandparents, both of South Carolina, and Mississippi and Mississippi, were her paternal grandparents. Her maternal grandfather is born in New York and her maternal grandmother was from Eastern European Jewish descent, was born in Dublin, Ireland. She has been playing three characters called "Karen" since 2009 on the cult TV comedy show Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2006), and The Office (2005).