Rashida Jones
Rashida Jones was the younger daughter
and media mogul, producer, musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton.
Kidada Jones is her elder sibling. There are five half-siblings from her
father's other relationships. Her father is African-American, and her mother is
Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant from the emigrants who emigrated to Russia and
Latvia). Rashida was educated in Reform Judaism. She was born in Bel Air, Los
Angeles, California. Jones has revealed of her dual race parents, "It was
the 1970s and still wasn't that appropriate for them to be together."
Jones made her acting debut professionally with The Last Don in 1997 the
mini-series based on Mario Puzo. Rashida was also a Harvard University graduate
in 1997. She attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks (California). Awarded
Most Likely To Succeed. Arabic (O+ O'UO-O(c), her name) stands for
"Major," adult, mature, wise or older. People magazine's 50 Most
Beautiful People list. (USA) [2002] Half-sister of Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones,
Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones, and Rachel Jones. On February 25, 2003, Mark
Ronson, a music producer, had previously been engaged to her. Niece of Robert
Lipton. She is romantically associated with Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam, and
John Krasinski. Kidada Jones was the ring bearer for her sister's engagement
and also singer for the Tupac Shakur tribute track. Rashida as well as Kidada's
brother Quincy Jones III produced the track, while their father, Quincy Jones,
made an appearance while reciting the words of the poem by Shakur "Starry
Night" during the introduction. The song's title is a reference to the
poem. Rashida is African-American and has more English, Scottish, or Welsh
heritage than his mother (some of his African family members are of the Tikar
tribe of Cameroon). Her mother, Rashida, is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish
and Latvian Jewish descent). Her paternal grandparents, who came of South
Carolina, and Mississippi as her paternal grandparents. Her maternal
grandfather was born to New Yorkers, and her maternal grandmother was of
Eastern European Jewish heritage. By the end of 2009, she was playing three
distinct characters in the show, including "Karen" in the iconic
sitcoms on TV: Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella ((2005) and The Office ((2005)).
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