Rashida Jones pays tribute to her father, the legendary music producer Quincy Jones, in a personal statement

###Rashida Leah Jones is an accomplished American actress and filmmaker.

Rashida Jones is well-known for her roles in a number of acclaimed television series, including Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama Boston Public, Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy The Office, and Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, which she starred in between 2009 and 2015.

Jones further demonstrated her versatility as the lead in the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca, which ran from 2016 to 2019.

Rashida’s Profile

Rashida’s Early Life and Education

Rashida Jones was born February 25, 1976, in Los Angeles, California. She hails from a varied household, being the daughter of famed music producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Rashida is the younger sister of Kidada Jones, an actress and model, and has many half-siblings from her father’s previous marriages, including Kenya Jones, Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones Levine, and Martina Jones.

Rashida attended Harvard University, where she studied religion and philosophy, and graduated in 1997. During her time at Harvard, she was active in a variety of performing arts organisations, including the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club, where she demonstrated her enthusiasm and aptitude in the arts.

Rashida’s ethnic origin is mixed, since her father, Quincy Jones, is African-American and her mother, Peggy Lipton, is Ashkenazi Jewish with roots in Russia and Latvia. Rashida is multiracial, having both African-American and Jewish ancestry, and she practices Judaism as her religion.

Rashida’s Career

Rashida Jones’ acting career started with a part in the 1997 miniseries adaption of Mario Puzo’s The Last Don. She later acted in numerous additional films, including ***Myth America, ***East of A, and ***If These Walls Could Talk 2.

She appeared as Karen Scarfolli on the TV show Freaks and Geeks in 2000 before taking on a larger role as Louisa Fenn on the show Boston Public. Jones featured in 26 episodes of the program from 2000 to 2002, getting an NAACP Image Award nomination in her last year.

Despite playing a minor part in Boston Public, Jones rapidly found work in cinema. She appeared briefly in Steven Soderbergh’s Full Frontal and acted in the indie film Now You Know, written and directed by Jeff Anderson, a regular collaborator of Kevin Smith. Jones also appears in Adam Brody’s short film, Roadside Assistance.

After leaving Boston Public, Jones continued to work on other projects. She appears in the Damon Dash-directed film Death of a Dynasty, as well as two episodes of Comedy Central’s sketch comedy series Chappelle’s Show. In 2004, she was cast in Sidney Lumet’s HBO film Strip Search, but her sequences were eventually deleted from the final broadcast version. Later same year, she portrayed Dr. Rachel Keyes in Little Black Book and Edie Miller in the British drama series NY-LON.

Jones expanded her acting career in 2005, portraying Karen in the Comedy Central pilot Stella and Carla Merced in the TNT police thriller Wanted. Over the years, she appeared in a number of films, including I Love You, Man (2009), The Social Network (2010), Our Idiot Brother (2011), The Muppets (2011), and Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), which she co-wrote.

Jones has also broadened her artistic horizons outside performing. She co-wrote the plot for the 2019 picture Toy plot 4, as well as producing the documentary Hot Girls Wanted (2015) and the series Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On (2017), for which she also directed the first episode. Jones created the documentary Quincy, about her father, Quincy Jones, which earned a Grammy Award for Best Music Film.

Jones has also donated her voice to the band Maroon 5, delivering background vocals on numerous songs from their first album Songs About Jane and follow-up It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. She has also participated in a number of commercial campaigns, including a series of musical television commercials for The Gap in the 1990s and more recent work with Dove and Verizon FiOS.

Rashida’s Awards and Nominations

***NAACP Image Awards

• • Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Boston Public (2002)
  • Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Parks and Recreation (2012, 2013)
  • Nominated: Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie for Black Mirror (2017)

***Independent Spirit Awards

• Nominated: Best First Screenplay for Celeste and Jesse Forever (2011)

***Grammy Awards

• Won: Best Music Film for Quincy (2019)

Rashida’s Social Media

• Instagram: @rashidajones
• Facebook: Rashida Jones
• Twitter: @iamrashidajones

Rashida’s Personal Life

Rashida Jones, a well-known actress and producer, has been in a long-term relationship with Ezra Koenig, lead singer of the indie rock band Vampire Weekend, since 2016. Despite not being officially married, the pair considers themselves wedded spiritually. They have a son called Isaiah.

Rashida’s Filmography

***Television

• Boston Public (2000–2002)
• The Office (2006–2011)
• Angie Tribeca (2016–2019)
• Black-ish (2020)
• Silo (2023)
• Sunny (2024)

***Film

• I Love You, Man (2009)
• The Social Network (2010)
• Our Idiot Brother (2011)
• The Muppets (2011)
• Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) (also co-wrote)
• The Grinch (2018) (voice role)
• Tag (2018)
• Klaus (2019) (voice role)
• On the Rocks (2020)
• Spies in Disguise (2019) (voice role)

Rashida’s Net Worth

Rashida Jones is an accomplished American actress, screenwriter, and producer with an estimated net worth of ***$25 million.

She is best known for her role as Ann Perkins in the popular television series Parks and Recreation, which ran for seven seasons on NBC. In addition to her successful acting career, Jones has also made significant contributions as a screenwriter and producer.