Rashida Jones Biography
Rashida Jones(Rashida Leah Jones)is an American actress, filmmaker, and producer known for starring as Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation. Jones received critical acclaim after this program.
Rashida Jones Age
Leah Rashida Jones is an American actress, filmmaker, and producer known for starring as Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation. She received critical acclaim after this program. She is 42 years of age as of 2018.
Rashida Jones Height, Weight, And Body Measurements
Rashida Jones has a height of 5 feet 4 inches. Her body weighs 58kg. She has dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Furthermore, her body measurements are 36-25-34 inches. Her bra size is 34B, dress size is 8 US and shoe size is 7 US.
Rashida Jones Education, School/College University
At the beginning of her studies, she attended Hebrew School. She went to Harvard University for her further studies and was a resident of both Currier House and Eliot House.
Initially, she was interested in becoming a lawyer. Jones performed in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf in her second year of college. Jones graduated in 1997 with regional and philosophy.
Rashida Jones Parents, Siblings, Family, Ethnicity, Nationality
Rashida Jones was born to Peggy Lipton and Quincy Jones. Peggy Lipton, who is her mother, is an actress and her father Quincy Jones, a famous musician/producer. She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings by her father’s other relationships.
Jones was born in Los Angeles, California on February 25, 1976. Jones nationality is American and ethnicity is mixed(African-American and Welsh)
Her birth name is Rashida Leah Jones. Her mother is an actress and her father is a musician/record producer. She has one sibling and five half-siblings from their father’s other relationship. Jones and her sister were raised in Reform Judaism by their mother.
Her father recalled how he would often find the six-year-old Jones under the covers after bedtime, reading five books at a time with a flashlight.
Jones had the ability to play classical piano from a young age. Jones attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California. She was involved with theater at Buckley, with tutelage from acting teacher Tim Hillman.
Later at the age of 14 Jones parent got divorced and she moved with her mother to Brentwood. Jones began practicing Hinduism in her early teens with her mother, later they visited an ashram in India.
Rashida Jones Early life
Jones was born in Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25, 1976, in Los Angeles, California. Her elder sister, Kidada Jones, is an actress and a model. she also has five half-siblings from their father’s other relationships.
She exposed her ability in music and to play classical piano at a tender age.
Jones schooled at The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.she made the National Honor Society and her classmates voted for her as the “Most Likely To Succeed”. She acted teacher Tim Hillman with tutelage when was involved theater at Buckley.
While she was 14 years old, Jones’ parents divorced and her sister remained with their father, while Rashida moved with their mother to Brentwood.
Rashida Jones attended Harvard University when living in Currier House and Eliot House.
She was in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Harvard-Radcliffe Opportunes, Black Students Association, and the Signet Society.
Jones also became involved in the performing arts and served as musical director for the Opportunes, an a cappella group, co-composed the score for the 149th annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals performance, and acted in several plays.
Jones performed in For Colored Girls in her second year, Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf, which she said was “healing” because she had been seen by many blacks as not being “black enough”.
In 1997, she graduated in religion and philosophy.
Rashida Jones Personal Life
Knowing her personal life, Rashida’s current marital status is unmarried. However, she was engaged to someone. Rashida dated Tobey Maguire from 1996 to 2000.
Jones became engaged to music producer Mark Ronson, but the duo split a year later. Rashida was in a relationship with presidential speechwriter Jon Favreau in 2009. Jones and Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig went public with their relationship in January 2017. Rashida is currently engaged to Ezra. Jones became engaged to music producer Mark Ronson, but the duo split a year later.
Rashida Jones Dating|Boyfriend
From 2005-2006, Rashida dated John Krasinski, The office Co-Star. He is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. John Burke Krasinski is known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office.
From 2002-2004, Rashida was in a relationship with Mark Ronson. Mark Daniel Ronson is an English musician, DJ, singer, and record producer.
His second album, Version, reached number two in the UK Album chart and included three UK top 10 singles. This made him win a Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist in 2008. O 27 September, he released his third studio album, Record 2010, Collection.
Rashida Jones and Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig went public with their relationship in January 2017. Rashida is currently engaged to Ezra.
Jones became engaged to music producer Mark Ronson, but the duo split a year later.
Rashida Jones Married, Husband, And Kids
Rashida Jones was married to Ezra Michael Koenig in…………….Ezra Michael Koenig is an American Internet radio host, musician, singer-songwriter, and playwright. He is known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of alternative rock band Vampire Weekend.
They both welcomed their’secret’ child on August 22, 2018. They named the child Isaiah Jones Koenig.
Rashida Jones and Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig went public with their relationship in January 2017. Rashida is currently engaged to Ezra.
Jones became engaged to music producer Mark Ronson, but the duo split a year later. Rashida was in a relationship with presidential speechwriter Jon Favreau in 2009.
Rashida Jones Career
Acting
Jones made her professional acting debut in The Last Don, 1997 miniseries based on the novel by Mario Puzo. She next appeared in Myth America, East of A and If These Walls Could Talk 2. In 2000, she guest-starred as Karen Scarfolli on Freaks and Geeks before landing the role of Louisa Fenn on Boston Public. Between 2000 and 2002, she appeared in 26 episodes, earning an NAACP Image Award nomination in her final year.
Although she had a minor supporting role in the series, film opportunities quickly surfaced. She had a small role in Full Frontal, directed by Steven Soderbergh, and starred in Now You Know, written and directed by Kevin Smith regular Jeff Anderson. She also starred in the short film Roadside Assistance with Adam Brody.
After Jones left Boston Public, she appeared in Death of a Dynasty, directed by Damon Dash, and two episodes of Chappelle’s Show on Comedy Central. In 2004, she was cast in Strip Search, an HBO film directed by Sidney Lumet, but her scenes were cut from the final broadcast version.
Later that year, she played Dr. Rachel Keyes in Little Black Book and starred as Edie Miller in British drama series NY-LON. In 2005, Jones played Karen in the Stella pilot on Comedy Central and special government agent Carla Merced in the TNT police drama Wanted.
Jones was considering leaving the acting profession and pursuing a graduate degree in public policy before she was offered the part on The Office.
She joined the ensemble cast on September 2006, playing the role of Karen Filippelli. She appeared regularly during the third season, returning as a guest star for three episodes in seasons four, five, and seven.
Jones also played Karen in the February 2007 Saturday Night Live episode hosted by Rainn Wilson, appearing briefly in the opening monologue’s Office parody. Jones filmed cameo roles in The Ten and Role Models, both directed by David Wain, with the latter appearing on the Blu-ray release.
She co-starred in Unhitched, the short-lived 2008 comedy series produced by the Farrelly brothers. She also appeared as the love interest in the Foo Fighters’ music video “Long Road to Ruin”.
In January 2009, Jones voiced several characters in an episode of the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken.[35] She played Hannah in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, an independent film by John Krasinski that screened during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. She co-starred as Zooey Rice in I Love You, Man, a DreamWorks comedy with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.
Jones accepted a role in Parks and Recreation, a mockumentary-style sitcom on NBC. The show was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, with whom she previously worked on The Office. She played nurse Ann Perkins from the show’s debut until midway through the sixth season and reprised the role for the final episode of the series.
Jones had a small role in the 2010 Kevin Smith film Cop Out. She appeared in The Social Network (2010), alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield, which is set at Harvard. She played Marylin Delpy, a second-year legal associate assisting with the defense of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Jones starred opposite Chris Messina in Monogamy (2010), a drama directed by Dana Adam Shapiro. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010 and was released theatrically on March 2011.
Jones’ other 2011 films were Friends with Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis; The Big Year, with Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, and Jack Black; The Muppets, with Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Chris Cooper; and Our Idiot Brother, with Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Emily Mortimer.
In the latter, she played a lesbian lawyer named Cindy, the caring girlfriend of a bisexual character played by Zooey Deschanel.
Jones also has a cameo in the Beastie Boys’ short film Fight For Your Right Revisited, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, Jones appeared on an episode of Wilfred as Lisa, a hospice volunteer. The episode aired on July 21, 2011, on FX.
In 2012, she starred opposite Andy Samberg in the film Celeste and Jesse Forever, which she co-wrote. Along with Danny DeVito, she was a voice guest star in The Simpsons episode “The Changing of the Guardian” (season 24, episode 11).
In 2014, Jones was cast in the lead role of Angie Tribeca on the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca, which premiered in 2016.
In 2015, Jones produced the documentary film Hot Girls Wanted, which examines the role of teenage girls in pornographic films. Netflix acquired the film after the film’s premiere at Sundance Film Festival; it premiered on May 29, 2015.
Writing
Jones created Frenemy of the State, a comic book series about a socialite who is recruited by the CIA. The comics are published by Oni Press and co-written with husband-and-wife writing team Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir.
In October 2009, before the first issue had been released, Jones sold the screen rights to Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. Brian Grazer and Eric Gitter produced the film, and Jones co-wrote the screenplay with writing partner Will McCormack.
Jones sold her first screenplay, a comedy titled Celeste and Jesse Forever, in March 2009. She co-wrote the script with McCormack and was attached to star in the film. It was released in 2012.
In 2016, Jones co-wrote the teleplay of “Nosedive”, an episode of the television anthology series Black Mirror with Michael Schur from a story by Charlie Brooker.
Jones and McCormack co-wrote Toy Story 4 for Pixar Animation Studios for a prospective June 2019 release. Jones left the writing assignment early due to a feeling that Pixar is “a culture where women and people of color do not have an equal creative voice.”
Jones has been published in Teen Vogue magazine, where she worked as a contributing editor. She wrote chapter 36 of her father’s biography, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones (2001).
Jones was a contributing essayist to the 2017 book Courage is Contagious, a compilation of essays written about former First Lady Michelle Obama.
As a singer, Jones has provided backing vocals for the band Maroon 5. She appears on the tracks “Tangled”, “Secret” and “Not Coming Home” from their debut record, Songs About Jane, and on “Kiwi” from the follow-up album, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. Jones was a guest vocalist on the Tupac Shakur tribute album, The Rose That Grew from Concrete, released in 2000.
The track, “Starry Night”, also featured her father’s vocals, Mac Mall’s rapping, and her half-brother QD3’s production. Jones also contributed vocals on the song “Dick Starbuck: Porno Detective” on The High & Mighty’s 1999 debut Home Field Advantage.
Jones contributed vocals to songs on The Baxter, The Ten and Reno 911!: Miami soundtracks. She sang in some episodes of Boston Public and for charitable events such as the What A Pair Benefit in 2002 to raise money for breast cancer research.
In May 2015, Jones released a song titled Wanted to Be Loved alongside Daniel Ahearn, the song was used in a documentary titled Hot Girls Wanted which Jones produced.
In 2002, Jones appeared in the video to “More Than a Woman” by Aaliyah alongside her sister Kidada Jones and then-boyfriend Mark Ronson.
Jones has also appeared in music videos for The Boy Least Likely To the song “Be Gentle With Me”, and the Foo Fighters’ single “Long Road to Ruin”.
In the latter, she was credited as Racinda Jules and played the role of Susan Bellefontaine. In 2013, Jones directed the music video for Sara Bareilles’ song “Brave”. It marked her debut as a director.
In 2016, she featured in the music video “Flip and Rewind” by Boss Selection, with the video directed by Jones and McCormack.
Online comedy series
Jones has appeared in several online comedy series projects. She starred in Funny or Die’s Speak Out series with Natalie Portman and guest-starred in two episodes in the first web season Web Therapy with Lisa Kudrow.
Due to other commitments, Jones was unable to reprise her role for the second, third and fourth seasons, provided voiceover work for an off-screen appearance in the show’s first TV season (containing her appearance from the first web season) and was able to make time to reprise her role on-screen for an exclusive appearance in the second-season finale of the show.
She also played David Wain in disguise for an episode of My Damn Channel’s Wainy Days. In 2008, Jones appeared with several other celebrities in Prop 8 – The Musical, an all-star video satirizing California’s anti-gay marriage initiative, written by Marc Shaiman From 2013 to 2015, she provided the voice of Hotwire on the Hulu comedy series The Awesomes.
Modeling and advertising
- In 2011, Dove selected Jones as its spokeswoman for its Dove Nourishing Oil Care Collection.
- In 2015, she began starring in a series of commercials for Verizon FiOS.
- In 2017, Jones became a spokeswoman for the Almay brand of cosmetics.
- In 2018, Jones became the first ambassador for Maison Kitsune.
Public image
Philanthropic efforts
Jones has worked to promote Peace First (formerly Peace Games), a nonprofit that teaches children to resolve conflict without violence. She has been a board member since 2004 and holds several annual benefits to raise money for the organization.
Jones has participated in Stand Up to Cancer events, EDUN and ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History, and The Art of Elysium’s volunteer program, which runs artistic workshops for hospitalized children.
In 2007, she was honorary chair of the annual Housing Works benefit, which fights AIDS and homelessness in New York City.
She has helped fundraise for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the EB Medical Research Foundation, and New York’s Lower Eastside Girls Club.
Syria refugee camp visit
In 2016, Jones visited a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon. She wrote about the confronting experience for Vanity Fair. She also made a virtual reality movie to document her experiences, which appeared on rescue.org.
Political work
Jones has campaigned in the last four cycles for Democratic Party presidential candidates. She supported Barack Obama during the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. In 2008, along with Kristen Bell, she visited college campuses in Missouri to discuss the candidates and to encourage voter registration for the Democratic Party.
In 2012, she campaigned in Iowa along with co-star Adam Scott. Jones previously campaigned for Democratic candidate John Kerry during the 2004 election, speaking at student rallies and a public gallery in Ohio. In the 2016 Democratic primary, she endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election.
Rashida Jones Net Worth
Jones Net Worth and Salary: Rashida Jones is an American film and television actress, comic book author, screenwriter and occasional singer who has a net worth of $25 million.
Rashida Jones is most widely recognized for her work on the television shows, “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation”. She is also the creator and a co-writer of the comic book series, “Frenemy of the State”.
Her father is music producer Quincy Jones. Born February 25, 1976, in Los Angeles, California, she is widely known for her role as Ann Perkins on NBC’s hit comedy Parks and Recreation, also featuring former SNL (Saturday Night Live) star Amy Poehler.
She also played Louisa Fenn on the television show Boston Public and was a recurring cast member on The Office, playing Karen Filippelli. Her film roles include Our Idiot Brother, The Social Network, The Muppets and I Love You, Man.
She also co-wrote the screenplay for Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), in which she also starred alongside Adam Sandler. Rashida is the daughter of music mogul and producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton (famed for her role as flower child Julie Barnes on The Mod Squad television series 1968-1973).
Jones was raised during a time in the ’70s when interracial marriages were not very acceptable and she was very aware of the disapproval of people around her family.
Rashida is a self-proclaimed “nerd” and says she “had a dial-up modem before it was cool.” As a singer, Jones has provided back-up vocals for the band Maroon 5 and also been a guest vocalist on several other artists’ albums.
She made her music video directorial debut in 2013 with the video for Sara Bareilles’ song Brave. She also created a comic book series about a socialite who is recruited by the CIA, entitled Frenemy of the State, and sold the screen rights to Universal Pictures before the first issue was released.
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