Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones was the younger daughter of media producer, mogul Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Kidada Jones is her elder sister. She has five half-siblings from the other relationships her father had with his family. Her father is African American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant emigrants of Russia as well as Latvia). Rashida was raised Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Jones stated that Jones' mixed race parents were not acceptable to her during the 1970s. Jones began her debut as a professional actor in The Last Don in 1997 A mini-series that was inspired by Mario Puzo. In 1997, Rashida graduated from Harvard University. Took a course at the Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. Awarded Most Likely To Succeed. 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 to Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones, Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones and Rachel Jones. Formerly married to Mark Ronson (music producer), 25 February 2003. Niece of Robert Lipton. She is romantically associated with Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam as well as John Krasinski. A vocalist was included in a tribute song to Tupac Shakur who was engaged to her sister Kidada Jones. Rashida and Kidada's brother Quincy Jones III produced the track, while their father, Quincy Jones, made an appearance , reciting the lyrics of the poem by Shakur "Starry Night" in the intro. The poem was the inspiration for the title of the song. Rashida's dad is African-American and also has smaller amounts of English, Scottish, and Welsh and Scottish and Welsh ancestry (some of his African relatives were of the Tikar people of Cameroon). Rashida's mom, Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish heritage and Latvian Jewish heritage), is Rashida. Her paternal grandparents hail from South Carolina and Mississippi, respectively. Her maternal grandfather was born in New York, and her maternal grandmother was born in Dublin, Ireland, of Eastern European Jewish origin. As of the end of 2009 she had played three different characters with "Karen", on the classic TV sitcoms Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella ((2005) and The Office ((2005)).