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. She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, as well as five half-siblings from the various relationships between her father and his other partners. Her father is African-American, and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant from emigrants from Russia and Latvia). Rashida was raised in Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air Los Angeles, California. Jones said that her mixed-race parents were not accepted by society until the 1970s. Jones made her professional acting debut with The Last Don in 1997 an animated mini-series, which was influenced by Mario Puzo. Rashida was also a Harvard University graduate in 1997. She attended a class at the Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. The school awarded her the most likely to succeed. Arabic (O+O'UO O(c)) is her nickname. It is a reference to "Major" adult, grown-up and wise. On People Magazine's "50 most beautiful people" list. (USA) [2002] Half-sister of Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones, Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones, as well as Rachel Jones. The singer was previously married to producer Mark Ronson on 25th February 2003. Niece of Robert Lipton. She was romantically linked to Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam and John Krasinski. The singer was featured in a tribute song to Tupac Shakur who was engaged to her sister Kidada Jones. Kidada as well as Rashida were produced by Quincy Jones III, the brother of Quincy Jones III. Quincy Jones III was present for the intro and read the lines from Shakur's poem "Starry Night." The song's title is a reference to the poem. Rashida's father was African-American but also has smaller quantities of English, Scottish, and Welsh and Scottish the ancestry of which is Welsh, Scottish, and English (some of his African family members were descendants of the Tikar people from Cameroon). Rashida's mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent). Her maternal grandparents, who came of South Carolina, and Mississippi are her paternal grandparents. Her maternal grandfather was born to New Yorkers while her maternal grandmother was from Eastern European Jewish heritage. As of the end of 2009, she has appeared in three different characters using the name "Karen" on classic cult comedy shows on TV (Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2005) and The Office (2005)).