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Rashida Jones

Birthday: Feb 25, 1976

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Bio: The sons and daughters of the rich and famous may have a reputation for being embarrassing, vapid fodder for the paparazzi and reality TV, but Rashida Jones has nothing in common with her peers. The daughter of music mogul and world-famous songwriter Quincy Jones, Rashida began working hard to make herself educated and accomplished from the time she was five years old, when her father would catch her reading with a flashlight after he'd put her to bed. She attended Hebrew school and excelled academically at the Buckley School in Los Angeles, an independent school known for tiny class sizes and a sharp focus on students' development both as people and as scholars. Jones then attended Harvard, where she studied religion and philosophy while pursuing her musical gifts as a member and music director of the a cappella group The Harvard Opportunes. After graduating, she continued to include singing in her list of projects, singing backup on tracks for the band Maroon 5, in major ad campaigns for The Gap, on tracks for hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur (who was engaged to Jones' sister), and on various film soundtracks. Jones also tried her hand at modeling, strutting her stuff for clothing lines like Triple 5 Soul and The Gap, as well as appearing in editorials for Vogue and In Style. Jones had studied theater in college, but acting was only a hobby for her until she was cast in 1997's The Last Don and realized what inspiration she got from the craft. She was later cast as a regular on the hit TV drama Boston Public, and appeared as a guest star in one episode of the fanatical cult favorite Freaks and Geeks. She also lent her talents to appealing independent films like Death of a Dynasty before being cast as Karen in the third season of the much-adored comedy series The Office. Despite the fact that Jones was playing the third point in an awkward love triangle, audiences took to her immediately, not only for her expert comic timing and ability to handle the show's mockumentary format, but for maintaining a realness and likability throughout the story. Jones next signed on to appear in co-star John Krasinski's movie Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. She appeared in the comedy The Ten which featured many members of the comedy troupe The State. In 2009 she landed a part on the new show Parks & Recreations, which turned into a well-respected sitcom for NBC. That same year she had a hit on the big screen as Paul Rudd's fiancé in I Love You, Man. The next year she played a lawyer in The Social Network. She worked with Rudd again in 2011's Our Idiot Brother, and appeared as a TV executive in The Muppets. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

Filmography

Year	Title	Credit
2013	Cuban Fury	Actor
2012	Celeste and Jesse Forever	Celeste
2011	The Muppets	ABC Executive
2011	Finding Joe	Rashida Jones
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Cindy
2011	The Big Year	Carol
2010	Cop Out	Debbie
2010	The Social Network	Marilyn Delpy
2010	Monogamy	Nat
2009	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	Hannah
2009	I Love You, Man	Zooey
2007	The Ten	Hostess Rebecca Fornier
2007	Life in Flight	Actor
2004	Little Black Book	Dr. Rachel Keyes
2003	Death of a Dynasty	Layna
2002	Full Frontal	Actor
2002	Now You Know	Kerri
2000	If These Walls Could Talk 2	Actor