Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of producer, media mogul, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Kidada Jones is her older sibling. Five half-siblings are born through other relationships with her father. 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 said that her mixed-race heritage was not recognized by the public until the 1970s. Jones was a professional actor when she made her debut on The Last Don, a mini-series that aired in 1997 based on the novel written by Mario Puzo. Rashida was also an Harvard University graduate in 1997. In 1997, she attended the Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. She was named the Most Likely to Be Successful. Her name is Arabic (O+-O'UO-O(c)) meaning "Major, adult, grown-up, elder or wise". People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. (USA) [2002Half sister to Quincy Jones III. Jolie Jones III. Martina Jones. Kenya Kinski-Jones. Rachel Jones. Formerly engaged to producer Mark Ronson on 25th February 2003. Niece of Robert Lipton. She was romantically involved with Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam and John Krasinski. A vocalist was included in an ode to Tupac Shakur who was engaged to her sister Kidada Jones. Kidada and Rashida's brother Quincy Jones III composed the song. Quincy Jones III, their father, was also featured during the introduction, reciting Shakur's lyrics "Starry Night". The poem was the inspiration for the title of the song. Rashida's father is African-American, as well as having smaller amounts of English, Scottish, and Welsh, family ancestry (some of his African family members were descendants of 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, who both came of South Carolina, and Mississippi as the paternal grandparents of her father. Her maternal grandfather was 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 TV show that is a cult comedy show Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2006), and The Office (2005).