Bio: Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings by her father's other relationships. Her father is African-American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant of emigrants from Russia and Latvia). Rashida was raised in Reform Judaism. She grew up in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. Jones has stated of her mixed race parentage, "It was the 1970s and still not that acceptable for them to be together." Jones made her professional acting debut in The Last Don, a 1997 mini-series based on the novel by Mario Puzo. Also in 1997, Rashida graduated from Harvard University.
Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings by her father's other relationships. Her father is African-American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant of emigrants from Russia and Latvia). Rashida was raised in Reform Judaism. She grew up in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. Jones has stated of her mixed race parentage, "It was the 1970s and still not that acceptable for them to be together." Jones made her professional acting debut in The Last Don, a 1997 mini-series based on the novel by Mario Puzo. Also in 1997, Rashida graduated from Harvard University.
Tivia: Appeared as a vocalist 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 song, and their father, Quincy Jones, made an appearance reciting the lines of Shakur's poem "Starry Night" during the introduction. The title of the song is named after the poem.In a relationship with Ezra Koenig since 2015. They have a son together, Isaiah Jones Koenig (b. August 22, 2018, Los Angeles).Went to the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California. Was voted Most Likely to Succeed.Met former boyfriend Colin Jost at Seth Meyers's wedding in September 2013.Rashida's father is African-American, and also has smaller amounts of English, Scottish, and Welsh, ancestry (some of his African ancestors were from the Tikar people of Cameroon). Rashida's mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent). Her paternal grandparents were 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.She has been romantically linked to Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam, and John Krasinski.Her partner Ezra Koenig, Vampire Weekend's lead singer, wrote a song about her. It's called Stranger and it's on the album, Father of the Bride (2019).Formerly engaged to music producer Mark Ronson on 25th February 2003.On People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list. (USA) (2002)Her father is African-American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish. Rashida attended Hebrew school, though she left at the age of ten, and did not have a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.As of the end of 2009, has played three different characters with the name "Karen" on cult classic TV comedies (Freaks and Geeks (1999), Stella (2005) and The Office (2005)).Her name is Arabic (?��?'��??��??) for "Major, adult, grown-up, elder or wise".Half-sister of Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones, Martina Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones, and Rachel Jones.Rashida is co-host of the "Ask Big Questions" podcast with Bill Gates.Niece of Robert Lipton.Friends with Amy Poehler.Ex-sister-in-law of Jeffrey Nash.