Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Her older sister is Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings through the various relationships between her father and his other partners. Her father is African-American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant from immigrants to Russia as well as Latvia). Rashida was educated in Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. Jones stated that Jones' parents were mixed race and were not acceptable to her in the 1970s. Jones has made her professional acting debut on The Last Don, a mini-series that aired in 1997 based on the novel written by Mario Puzo. Rashida also graduated from Harvard University in 1997. She attended a class at the Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. The school was voted the most likely to be Successful. Arabic (O+O'UO O(c)) is her nickname. It means "Major" adult, grown-up and wise. People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list. (USA) [2002Half-sister of Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones, Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones, and Rachel Jones. Was previously engaged to music producer Mark Ronson on 25th February 2003. Niece of Robert Lipton. She has been romantically tied to Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam as well as John Krasinski. Kidada Jones was her sister's wedding ring bearer and she also sang as a vocalist for a Tupac Shakur tribute track. Kidada and her brother Quincy Jones III composed the song. Quincy Jones III, their father, was also featured in the opening, reciting Shakur's lyrics "Starry Night". The poem is the basis for the song's title. Rashida's dad is African-American but also has smaller quantities of English, Scottish, and Welsh ancestral the ancestry of which is Welsh, Scottish, and English (some of his African ancestral ancestors came from the Tikar people from Cameroon). Rashida is Ashkenazi Jewish, of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent. Her maternal grandparents came from South Carolina and Mississippi. Her maternal grandfather was born in New York, while her maternal grandmother was of Eastern European Jewish heritage. She has played three characters called "Karen" from 2009 to present on the cult TV comedy show Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2006), and The Office (2005).