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, as well as five half-siblings by her father's
other relationships. Her father is African American and her mother Ashkenazi
Jewish (a descendant emigrants from Russia as well as Latvia). Rashida was
raised Reform Judaism. She was raised in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California.
Jones has made statements about her dual race parents, "It was the 1970s
and still not that acceptable to have them together." Jones made her
professional acting debut was in The Last Don (1997) A mini-series inspired by
Mario Puzo's novel. Rashida has also graduated from Harvard University in 1997.
She attended a class at the Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California. She was
awarded the Most Likely to Succeed Award. Arabic (O+O'UO O(c)) is her name. It
means "Major", adult, grown-up and wise. People Magazine's 50 Most
Beautiful People list. (USA) [2002Half sister to Quincy Jones III. Jolie Jones
III. Martina Jones. Kenya Kinski-Jones. Rachel Jones. Once engaged to music
producer Mark Ronson on 25th February 2003. Niece of Robert Lipton. Her
romantic relationships are Josh Hartnett and Charlie Hunnam. A vocalist was
included in a tribute song to Tupac Shakur, who was engaged to her sister
Kidada Jones. Kidada and Rashida were produced by Quincy Jones III, the brother
of Quincy Jones III. Quincy Jones III was present for the intro and recited
lines from Shakur’s poem "Starry Night." The poem is the inspiration
for the song's name. Rashida's father is African American, and also has smaller
amounts of English, Scottish, and Welsh ancestral the ancestry of which is
Welsh, Scottish, and English (some of his African family members were
descendants of the Tikar people of Cameroon). Rashida's mother is Ashkenazi
Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent). Her maternal
grandparents came from South Carolina and Mississippi. Her maternal grandfather
was from New York and her maternal grandmother was from Eastern European Jewish
descent, was born in Dublin, Ireland. As of the end of 2009 she was playing
three distinct characters, including "Karen" in the sitcoms of the
past: Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella ((2005) and The Office ((2005)).
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