Biography

Rashida Jones

Posted on Feb 28, 2021, Modified : Mar 31, 2021 Luniva

Why Is Rashida Jones Popular?

Rashida Jones is a well-known American actress, director, writer, and producer who has been seen working actively on her career since the year of 1997.

Quick Info
Full Name	Rashida Jones
Date of Birth	25 February 1976
Birth Place	Los Angeles, California, the U.S.
Parents	Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton
Profession	Actress, Director, Writer, producer
Age	44 years
Weight	58kg
Height	5 ft 4 in
Ethnicity	African-American, Welsh, and Ashkenazi Jewish
Zodiac	Pisces
Nationality	American
Net Worth	$25 million

Where is Rashida born and raised?

Rashida Jones, whose real name is Rashida Leah Jones was born on 25 February 1976 in Los Angeles, California, the U.S. as a daughter of father Quincy Jones and mother, Peggy Lipton. Her father was a musician and record producer where her mother was an actress. She has a sister whose name is Kidada Jones who has become an actress and model.

Jones holds an American nationality and belongs to the ethnicity of African-American, Welsh, and Ashkenazi Jewish. As she was born on 25 February, her zodiac sign is Pisces.

Body Measurement

Currently, she is 44 years old with a height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) and a weight of 58 kg. She has got the body measurements of 34-24-35 inches and has Dark Brown hair with Hazel eyes.

Where did Rashida go to University?

Earlier, she was raised by her mother where her sister was raised by her father after their parents had divorced when she was just 14 years old. For her education, she went to attend The Buckley School and after that, she went to attend Harvard University.

Initially, she was interested to become a lawyer but later changed her mind and became interested in acting. She completed her graduation in the year of 1997.

Who is Rashida Jones in a relationship with?

Before, Jones was in a relationship with a music producer Mark Ronson from February 2003 where Ronson has proposed to her on her 27th birthday but they ended their relationship after one year. Later, she started to live in a relationship with a musician Ezra Koenig and gave birth to their son in 2018.

Social Media

Rashida Jones has an Instagram account with the tag name (“@rashidajones”) where she has 1.9 m followers.

How did Rashida Jones Start her Career?

Rashida Jones started her television career after she had been cast as Johanna on a miniseries “The Last Don” alongside Clive Owen and Sara Paxton in 1997. Jones started her film career after she had been cast in the movie “Myth America” in 1998. After that, she was also seen appearing as Emily in the movie “East of A” in 2000.

Television Shows

In 2000, she was seen appearing as a Feminist in a television movie “If These Walls Could Talk 2”. In the same year, she was also cast as Karen Scarfolli on an American teen comedy-drama television series “Freaks and Geeks”.

From the year 2000 to 2002, she was seen playing the role of Louise Fenn on an American drama television series “Boston Public”. Further, she was seen appearing on several series and movies like “Chappelle’s Show”, “Strip Search”, “NY-LON”, “Stella”, “Wanted”, “Our Thirties”, “The Office”, “Wainy Days”, “Unhitched”, “Robot Chicken”, “Vamped Out”, “Wildred”, “Web Therapy”, “Who Do You Think You Are?”, “The Cleveland Show” as a voice actor, “Billy on the Street”, “The Simpsons” as a voice actor, “Kroll Show”, “Comedy Bang! Bang!” and “The Awesomes”.

Further, she was seen playing the role of Karen Filippelli on an American sitcom “The Office”.In the year of 2007, she was also seen appearing on an American late-night live television show “Saturday Night Live” as Karen Filippelli. From the year of 2014 to 2015, she was cast as Whalen on an American romantic comedy television series “A to Z”. Jones was also popularly known for her role as Ann Perkins on an American political satire sitcom “Parks and Recreation”.

Also, she was seen on the series and movies like “Key & Peele”, “Zoolander: Super Model”, “Angie Tribeca”, “Black Mirror”, “Black-ish”, “Claws”, “Hot Girl Wanted: Turned On”, “Portlandia” and “Neo Yokio”.

Movies

She was seen in the movies like “Roadside Assistance”, “Full Frontal”, “Now You Know”, “Death of a Dynasty”, “Little Black Book”, “The Ten”, “Life in Flight”, “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men”, “I Love You, Man”, “Cop Out”, “The Social Network”, “Monogamy”, “The Big Year”, “Friend with benefits”, “Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right (Revisited)” and “Our Idiot Brother”.

Further, she was seen playing the role of Veronica Martin is an American musical comedy movie “The Muppets” in 2011. After that, in 2012, she was cast as Celeste Martin on an American romantic comedy-drama movie “Celeste and Jesse Forever” which was co-written by her. In the following year, she was seen as Kim in a drama movie “Decoding Annie Parker”. Likewise, she was seen appearing in the movies like “Cuban Fury”, “Matters of the Heart”, “Hot Girls Wanted”, “Inside Out”, “A Very Murray Christmas”, “Don’t Come Back from the Moon”, “Zoe”, “Tag”, “Quincy”, “The Grinch”, “White Fang”, “The Sound of Silence”, “Toy Story 4” and “Between Two Ferns: The Movie”.

Voice Over

Besides, Rashida Jones was seen providing her voice over the character Alva on an English-language Spanish Christmas movie “Klaus” in 2019, and in that year, she was also seen providing her voice over the character Marcy Kappel on an American computer-animated spy comedy movie “Spies in Disguise”. In 2020, she was seen appearing as Laura in an American comedy-drama movie “On the Rocks”.

She was seen providing her voice over the character Mia Abara on an American adult animated sitcom “Duncanville” and also seen playing the role of Joya Barris on an American sitcom “BlackAF” from 2020. Further, she will be seen providing her voice on an upcoming work “Filthy Animals”.

Director

Besides this, she was seen directing the episode ”still…because of slavery” of “BalackAf” in 2020.

Music video

Rashida Jones was cast on several music videos like “More Than a Woman”, “Be Gentle with Me”, “Long Road to Ruin”, “We Are the World 25 for Haiti”, “Make Some Noise”, “Part II( On the Run”, “Flip and Rewind”, “Family Feud” and “Nice for What”.