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Rashida Jones Profile |
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Birth Date: February 25, 1976
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Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birth Name: Rashida Leah Jones
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Rashida Jones is an American
actress, model, and musician, best known for her portrayal
of Louisa Fenn on Boston Public and Karen Filippelli on The
Office. She currently stars in the comedy show Unhitched.
Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest
daughter of media mogul Quincy Jones and his former wife,
actress Peggy Lipton. Jones's father is an African-American
and her mother is Jewish, descended from immigrants from
Ireland and Russia. Jones attended Hebrew school and made
the National Honor Society. Due to her Irish-born maternal
grandmother, she also has Irish citizenship.
In his autobiography, her father recalled how he would often
find his 5-year-old daughter under the covers after bedtime
with a flashlight reading five books at a time. Around the
same age, Jones was already playing classical concerts and
winning awards. Her mother told Entertainment Tonight that
Jones is "also a fabulous singer and songwriter, so she has
inherited it (from Quincy), there's no question about it.
Her dad's teaching her how to orchestrate and arrange too."
When she was 14 years old, Jones' parents divorced and she
subsequently lived with her mother before beginning college
at Harvard University. She garnered attention with an open
letter in response to scathing remarks made by Tupac Shakur
about her parents' mixed marriage. She later befriended
Shakur, who was engaged to her sister Kidada Jones before he
was killed.
While attending Harvard, she initially was interested in
becoming a lawyer, but lost interest as a result of watching
the O.J. Simpson trial. Instead, she became involved in
theater. She studied religion and philosophy at Harvard and
graduated in 1997.
Though raised Jewish, she began practicing Hinduism in her
early teens after her mother took her to an Ashram in India.
Today, however, she practices Judaism and told a reporter,
"In this day and age, you can choose how you practice and
what is your relationship with God. I feel pretty strongly
about my connection, definitely through the Jewish
traditions and the things that I learned dating the guy that
I dated. My boyfriends tend to be Jewish and also be
practicing." |
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Other
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Younger sister of Kidada Jones
Went to the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California. Was
voted Most Likely to Succeed.
Daughter of composer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton.
Her name is Arabic (رØ'يدة) for "Major, adult, grown-up,
elder or wise".
On People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list. (USA)
[2002]
Sings backup vocals on 3 songs on Maroon 5's album "Songs
About Jane."
Half-sister of Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones, Martina Jones,
Kenya Jones and Rachel Jones.
Formerly engaged to celebrity Mark Ronson on 25th February
2003.
Has a photographic memory.
Niece of Robert Lipton.
Formerly engaged to Tobey Maguire.
Graduated from Harvard University (1997)
She has been romantically linked to Josh Hartnett, Seth
Meyers, and John Krasinski.
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. |
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since May 15, 2008