Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest daughter of a media mogul, producer and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Her older sister is Kidada Jones, as well as five half-siblings from the relationships of her father's previous relationships. Her father is African American and her mother Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant emigrants of Russia and Latvia). Rashida was raised Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. Jones stated that her mixed-race parentage was not accepted in the society of the 1970s. Jones began her debut as a professional actor in The Last Don in 1997 the mini-series based on Mario Puzo. Also in 1997, Rashida graduated from Harvard University. Took a course at the Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. Voted Most Likely to Suffer. Arabic (O+ O'UO-O(c) (her name) is a reference to "Major," adult, wise, mature, or elder. 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. She was previously engaged to Mark Ronson (music producer), 25 February 2003. Niece to Robert Lipton. She was romantically linked to Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam and John Krasinski. The singer was featured in the tribute song to Tupac Shakur, who was engaged to her sister Kidada Jones. Kidada and Rashida were created by Quincy Jones III, the brother of Quincy Jones III. Quincy Jones III was present at the beginning of the song and recited the lines of Shakur's poem "Starry Night." The poem inspired the song's title. Rashida's father, who is African-American, has a lesser amount of English, Scottish and Welsh ancestral ancestry (some relatives of Rashida's African relatives are from the Tikar people in Cameroon). Rashida's mother, Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish heritage as well as Latvian Jewish heritage), is Rashida. Her paternal grandparents, who were both of South Carolina, and Mississippi are 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. As of the end of 2009, has played three characters that go by the name "Karen" on the cult classic television comedies (Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2005) and The Office (2005)).