Rashida Jones

At 48 years old, Rashida Jones has this physical status:

Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25, 1976) is an American actor, writer, and producer.

Ann Perkins appears in the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation (2009–2015). Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series Boston Public (2000–2002) and Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series The Office (2006–2011).

Jones appeared in TBS's comedy series Angie Tribeca from 2016 to 2019. Jones is also known for her appearances in films including I Love You, Man (2009), Our Idot Brother (2010), The Muppet Brothers (2011), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), which she co-wrote and Tag (2018).

Jones co-wrote Toy Story 4 (2019). She produced the first episode of Hot Girls Wanted, a film that specialized on the sex industry.

She was also the executive producer of the show.

Quincy Jones, her father's son, debuted on Netflix in 2018, and it received the Grammy Award for Best Music Film in 2019.

Early life and education

Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, to actress Peggy Lipton and singer/record producer Quincy Jones. She is the younger sister of actress and model Kidada Jones, as well as half-sister to five siblings from their father's other marriages, including Kenya Jones and Quincy Jones III. Jones' father is an African American with Tikar roots from Cameroon, as well as a Welsh paternal grandfather. Her mother, Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant of Jewish emigrants from Russia and Latvia), was a descendant of Jewish emigrants from Russia and Latvia. Jones and her sister were raised in Reform Judaism by their mother; Jones attended Hebrew school, but she left at the age of ten and did not have a bat mitzvah.

Jones grew up in Los Angeles' Bel Air neighborhood. "It's the 1970s and still not that acceptable for them to be together," she recalled of her parents' mixed-race marriage. Her father recalled how he would often find the six-year-old Jones under the covers after bedtime, and reading five books at a time with a torch. She has referred to her as a "straight-up geek" and that she "had a floppy disk drive and a dial-up modem before it was cool." Jones demonstrated musical ability from an early age and is able to play classical piano. Jones' mother told Entertainment Tonight in 1990 that she was "also a brilliant singer and songwriter."

Jones attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California, where she was named "Most Likely To Succeed" by her classmates and became the National Honor Society's President. Jones was involved with theater at Buckley, under tutelage from acting instructor Tim Hillman. Jones' parents divorced when she was 14 years old; her sister stayed with their father; and Rashida and their mother moved to Brentwood with their father. Jones gained notoriety in 1994 with an open letter in response to rapper Tupac Shakur's scathing remarks regarding her parents' interracial union. They were able to work together, and Shakur eventually became friends with Rashida and her family. At the time of his death, Rashida Jones' sister, Kidada Jones, was dating Tupac.

Rashida Jones attended Harvard University, where she lived in Currier House and Eliot House. She belonged to the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Harvard-Radcliffe Opportunes, Black Students Association, and the Signet Society. She had intended to become a lawyer but had to reconsider after being disillusioned by the O. J. Simpson murder conviction. She became involved in the performing arts and appeared as musical director for the Opportunes, a cappella group, and appeared in numerous plays. Jones performed in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, a Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf, which she described as "healing" because she had been viewed by many black students as not being "black enough" in her second year at college. She studied religion and philosophy and graduated in 1997.

Personal life

She told a reporter:

"I have been through periods where I only feel black or Jewish," she has said regarding her multiracial identity. Now I have a healthy balance." "I do identify with being black, and if people don't know me that way, that's their problem." "I'm eager to challenge people's assumptions of what it looks to be biracial."

In February 2003, Jones married music arranger Mark Ronson. On her 27th birthday, she suggested using a custom-made crossword puzzle that spells out, "Will you marry me?" he wrote out. About a year later, their friendship came to an end.

Jones, a singer from Ezra Koenig, had a son together in 2018.

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Career

Jones made her debut in The Last Don, a 1997 miniseries based on Mario Puzo's novel. She appeared in Myth, East of A, and If These Walls Could Talk 2 later today. She appeared on Freaks and Geeks as Karen Scarfolli before landing the role of Louisa Fenn on Boston Public in 2000. She appeared in 26 episodes between 2000 and 2002, receiving an NAACP Image Award nomination in her final year. Although she had a minor supporting role in the series, film opportunities popped up rapidly. She appeared in Full Frontal, directed by Steven Soderbergh, and appeared in Now You Know, written and directed by Kevin Smith regular Jeff Anderson. She appeared in the short film Roadside Assistance with Adam Brody.

Jones appeared in Death of a Dynasty, directed by Damon Dash, and two episodes of Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central after leaving Boston Public. She appeared in Strip Search, an HBO film directed by Sidney Lumet, but her scenes were deleted from the final broadcast version. In the British drama series NY-LON, she appeared as Dr. Rachel Keyes in Little Black Book later this year. In 2005, Jones played Karen in the Stella pilot on Comedy Central and special government agent Carla Merced in the TNT police drama Wanted.

Before being given the opportunity on The Office, Jones was considering leaving the acting career and getting a graduate degree in public policy. Karen Filippelli appeared in the ensemble cast in September 2006. She appeared on television shows regularly during the third season, appearing as a guest star in three episodes from seasons four, five, and seven.

In the February 2007 Saturday Night Live episode hosted by Rainn Wilson, Jones also appeared as Karen in the opening monologue's Office parody. Jones appeared in The Ten and Role Models, both directed by David Wain, with the former appearing on Blu-ray releases. She co-starred in Unhitched, the Farley brothers' short-lived 2008 comedy film series. In the Foo Fighters' music video "Long Road to Ruin," she appeared as the love interest.

In an episode of the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken, Jones appeared several characters. Hannah appeared in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, a John Krasinski solo film that screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Zooey Rice appeared in I Love You, Man, a DreamWorks comedy starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, she co-starred.

On NBC, Jones took part in Parks and Recreation, a mockumentary-style sitcom. Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, with whom she previously worked on The Office, produced the program. Ann Perkins, the show's debut nurse, appeared from the show's debut to mid-life of the sixth season, and she reprised the role in the series's final episode.

Jones appeared in the 2010 Kevin Smith film Cop Out. She appeared in The Social Network (2010), as well as Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield, which is based at Harvard. She portrayed Marylin Delpy, a second-year prosecutor who was assisting with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's defense.

In Monogamy (2010), a Dana Adam Shapiro-directed drama, Jones appeared opposite Chris Messina. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010 and was released theatrically in March 2011.

Our Idiot Brother, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis; The Big Year, starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black; The Muppets, starring Jason Segel and Chris Cooper; and Our Idiote Brother, starring Kevin Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, and Emily Mortimer were two of Jones' 2011 films. Cindy, the caring girlfriend of a bisexual character portrayed by Zooey Deschanel, was portrayed by her in the latter. Jones also appeared in the Beastie Boys' short film Fight For Your Right Revisited, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition, Jones appeared on an episode of Wilfred as Lisa, a hospice volunteer. On FX, the episode aired on July 21, 2011.

She co-wrote the film Celeste and Jesse Forever, which she co-wrote in 2012.

She appeared in "The Changing of the Guardian" alongside Danny DeVito (season 24, episode 11).

Jones appeared in the lead role of Angie Tribeca on the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca, which premiered in 2016. Steve and Nancy Carell produced the show, but it was cancelled in 2019 after it was cancelled.

Jones produced the documentary film Hot Girls Wanted, which explores the role of teenage girls in pornographic films in 2015. Following the film's premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Netflix bought the film; it premiered on May 29, 2015. Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On, a spin-off series, debuted in 2017; Jones was both a producer and director of the first episode. Jones is set to be involved in a sell/Buy/Date play, a sex industry play. Jones has earned a negative reputation among sex workers because they see the film and series unfairly portraying the profession and as infringing actors' consent. Some people who participated in it said that they did not give permission or withdrew permission, and that the collection contained their photos or personal information without permission.

Jones began starring and working as an executive producer on Netflix's #blackAF opposite Kenya Barris, who created the series. On Fox's Duncanville, Jones also voices a recurring role for Mia. She appears in the On the Rocks, a comedy-drama directed by Sofia Coppola, opposite Bill Murray.

Frenemy of the State, a parody book series based on a CIA-sponsored socialite, was created by Jones. Oni Press and co-written with husband-and-wife writing team Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir. Jones sold the screen rights to Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment in October 2009, before the first issue was published. The film was directed by Brian Grazer and Eric Gitter, and Jones co-wrote the screenplay with writing partner Will McCormack.

In March 2009, Jones released Celeste and Jesse Forever, her first screenplay. She co-wrote the script with McCormack and was attached to act in the film. In 2012, it was first published.

Jones co-wrote the teleplay of "Nobody," an episode of the television anthology film Black Mirror starring Michael Schur from a Charlie Brooker story.

Jones and McCormack were both writers on Toy Story 4's script for Pixar Animation Studios. Jones left the writing assignment early due to the fact that Pixar is "a society where women and people of color do not have an equal creative voice." In June 2019, the film was released in June 2019, with the pair being among those receiving a "story by" credit.

Jones was featured in Teen Vogue magazine, where she worked as a contributing editor. Quincy Jones' autobiography (2001) - She wrote chapter 36 of her father's biography.

In The New York Times in 2016, Jones wrote a "thank-you note" to Michelle Obama, which was excerpted from the 2017 book Courage Is Concious.

Jones has performed backing vocals for the band Maroon 5. She appears on the tracks "Tangled," "Secret" and "Not Coming Home" from their debut album, Songs About Jane, and "Kiwi" from the follow-up album It Won't Be Longer Than Long. Jones appeared on the Tupac Shakur tribute album The Rose That Grew From Concrete, released in 2000. "Starry Night" included her father's vocals, Mac Mall's rapping, and her half-brother QD3's performance. Jones also performed vocals on the album "Dick Starbuck: Porno Detective" on The High & Mighty's 1999 debut Home Field Advantage.

Jones performed on The Baxter, The Ten and Reno 911! The Miami soundtracks. She appeared on Boston Public and for charity activities like the What A Pair Benefit in 2002 to raise funds for breast cancer research. Jones performed Wanted to Be Loved alongside Daniel Ahearn in the documentary Hot Girls Wanted, which Jones produced in May 2015.

Jones appeared in Aaliyah's video to "More Than a Woman" in 2002 with her sister Kidada Jones and then-boyfriend Mark Ronson. Jones has appeared in music videos for The Boy Least Likely Tones' album "Be Gentle With Me" and the Foo Fighters' single "Long Road to Ruin." Racinda Jules was born in the 1990s and she appeared in Susan Belfontaine's role. Jones produced the music video for Sara Bareilles' album "Brave" in 2013. It was her first time as a producer.

She appeared in Boss Selection's "Flip and Rewind" in 2016, with Jones and McCormack directing the video.

Jones has appeared in several online comedy series projects. She appeared in Funny or Die's Speak Out series with Natalie Portman and appeared in two episodes in the first web season Web Therapy with Lisa Kudrow. Jones was unable to reprise her role in the show's second, third, and fourth seasons due to other commitments, but she was able to reprise her role in the show's first TV season (includes her appearance in the first web season). In addition, she appeared in disguise for an episode of My Damn Channel's Wainy Days. Jones appeared in Pro 8 – The Musical, an all-star video mocking California's anti-gay marriage campaign conceived by Marc Shaiman, in 2008. She appeared on Hotwire from 2013 to 2015 as the voice of the Hulu comedy troupe The Awesomes.

Dove selected Jones as its spokeswoman for its Dove Nourishing Oil Care Collection in 2011. She debuted in a string of commercials for Verizon FiOS in 2015. Jones became a spokeswoman for the Almay brand of cosmetics in 2017. Jones became Maison Kitsune's first female ambassador in 2018. Zenni Optical's model and advocate for the glasses brand in 2019. In addition to being in Expedia television commercials, she has also appeared in Southwest Airlines and Expedia's narrating voice.

During the February 2022 Super Bowl LVI, she appeared alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Leslie Jones, and Nick Jonas in a Toyota commercial titled 'Keeping up with the Joneses' with background music 'It's Not Unusual.'

Bill Gates and Rashida Jones co-host Bill Gates introduced the Bill Gates and Rashida Jones Ask Big Questions podcast in November 2020.

Le Train Train Train, Jones' production company, has signed a first-look television contract with MRC in September 2018.

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