Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of producer, media mogul and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Kidada Jones is her elder sister. She also has five half-siblings derived from the other relationships her father had with his family. Her father is African-American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant of refugees from Russia and Latvia). Rashida was educated in Reform Judaism. She grew up in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. Jones claimed that her mixed-race parentage was not accepted by the public until the 1970s. Jones began her professional acting debut in The Last Don in 1997 an animated mini-series, which was influenced by Mario Puzo. Rashida was also a Harvard University graduate in 1997. The school she attended was the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California. Awarded Most Likely To Succeed. The name she uses is Arabic (O+-O'UO-O(c)) for "Major adult, grown-up or wise". On 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. Was previously engaged to producer Mark Ronson on 25th February 2003. Niece to Robert Lipton. Her romantic relationships include Josh Hartnett and Charlie Hunnam. Kidada Jones was her sister's engagement ring bearer and was the vocalist in a Tupac Shakur tribute song. Kidada as well as Rashida were recorded by Quincy Jones III, the brother of Quincy Jones III. Quincy Jones III was present in the introduction and read the lines from Shakur's poem "Starry Night." The title of the song was inspired by the poem. Rashida's father is African American, and has lesser amounts of English, Scottish, and Welsh ancestral family ancestry (some of his African relatives were of the Tikar people from Cameroon). Rashida's mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent). Her paternal grandparents, both of South Carolina, and Mississippi as her paternal grandparents. Her maternal grandfather was from 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 different characters using the title "Karen" on the cult classic television comedies (Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2005) and The Office (2005)).