Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was the younger sister of media mogul, producer, musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Kidada Jones is her older sibling. Five half-siblings are born due to her father's other marriages. Her father is African-American , and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant of exiles from Russia and Latvia). Rashida was born into Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. Jones claimed that Jones' mixed race parents weren't acceptable to her during the 1970s. Jones began her professional acting debut in The Last Don, a 1997 mini-series based on the novel written by Mario Puzo. Rashida completed her studies at Harvard University in 1997. The school she attended was the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California. The school awarded her the most likely to succeed. Arabic (O+ O'UO-O(c), her name) means "Major," adult, wise, mature or elder. In People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list. (USA) [2002Half-sister to 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 partners include Josh Hartnett and Charlie Hunnam. Appeared as a vocalist in a tribute song to Tupac Shakur who was engaged to her sister Kidada Jones. Kidada as well as Rashida were produced by Quincy Jones III, the brother of Quincy Jones III. Quincy Jones III was present for the intro and read the lines from Shakur’s poem "Starry Night." The poem was the source for the song's name. Rashida's father was African-American but also has smaller quantities of English, Scottish, and Welsh ancestral ancestry (some of his African relatives were of the Tikar people of Cameroon). Rashida is Ashkenazi Jewish, of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent. Her maternal grandparents are from South Carolina and Mississippi. Her maternal grandfather was born to New Yorkers and her maternal grandmother was from Eastern European Jewish heritage. At the end 2009, she was playing three distinct characters in the show, including "Karen" in the iconic sitcoms on TV: Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella ((2005) and The Office ((2005)).