Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of a media mogul, producer and 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 from immigrants to Russia and Latvia). Rashida was raised in Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Jones stated that her mixed-race parentage was not accepted by the public until the 1970s. Jones made her professional acting debut was in The Last Don (1997) the mini-series inspired by Mario Puzo's novel. Rashida was also a graduate of Harvard University in 1997. Went to the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California. Voted the Most Likely to be Successful. Arabic (O+O'UO O(c)) is her name. It is a reference to "Major" adult, mature and wise. People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. (USA2002) Half-sister to Quincy Jones III and Jolie Jones. Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski Jones, Rachel Jones and Martina Jones. On 25 February 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. Kidada Jones was her sister's ring bearer and also singer for the Tupac Shakur tribute track. Kidada and her brother Quincy Jones III composed the song. Quincy Jones III, their father, also appeared at the beginning of the song, reciting Shakur's lines "Starry Night". The poem is the basis for the song's name. Rashida's father was African-American as well as having smaller amounts of English, Scottish, and Welsh and Scottish ancestry (some of his African relatives were of the Tikar people of Cameroon). Rashida's motheris Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish heritage as well as Latvian Jewish heritage), is Rashida. Her maternal grandparents came from South Carolina and Mississippi. Her maternal grandfather is born in New York and her maternal grandmother was from Eastern European Jewish descent, was born in Dublin, Ireland. At the time of writing, 2009, she has appeared in three characters under the title "Karen" on the cult classic television comedies (Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2005) and The Office (2005)).