Rashida Leah Jones was born in February 1976 in Los Angeles, United States.
Of African, Irish and Russian descent, Rashida She is the daughter of the composer Quincy jones and the actress Peggy lipton.
He attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California and later graduated from the Harvard University, in 1997.
While attending Harvard, Jones appeared in various works such as’For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf‘,’Dancing at Lughnasa‘,’The Odd Couple: The Female Version‘, Y ‘HMS Pinaforand’. He was also in the work ‘Pitching to the Star‘ in the Lee Strasburg Theater.
Already graduated, she decided to dedicate herself to acting, making her debut in the series “Comedy Central Canned Ham“, in 1997. This was followed by a participation in the mini-series, based on the work of Mario puzo, “The last don“(1997).
His other television credits include stellar appearances on the series “Freaks and Geeks“,”Chappelle’s Show“,”Saturday night Live” Y “Robot Chicken“.
He also had regular roles on numerous shows, starting with that of Louisa fenn on “Boston Public“(2001-2002); later as Edie miller on “NYLON“(2004); it was the Detective Carla Merced on “SE busca“(2005); Kate on “Unhitched“(2008) and Ann perkins on “Parks and Recreation“He currently plays Karen filippelli in the award-winning “The Office“.
His time on the big screen began in 1998, in the movie “Myth America“. In 2001 he filmed”Roadside Assistance“and the following year he was in the film of Steven Soderbergh, “Full Frontal“.
Other of his cinematographic appearances include the feature films “Now you know“(2002);”Little black book“(2004);”The Ten“(2007); and more recently the film of John krasinski, “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men“(2009) and the comedy he co-starred with with Paul rudd, “I love you man“(2009). His latest work, soon to be released, is the action film starring Bruce Willis, “Cop Out“(2010).
As a singer, Rashida She was a member and director of an a cappella singing group. Sang songs of Maroon 5 from the hit album, “Songs About Jane“He also sang the song.”Kiwi“on your album”It Won’t Be Soon Before Long“.
He performed songs for commercials of “The Gap“,”Mellow Yello” Y “Crazy stripes“.
He also sang in some episodes of “Boston Public“and in events like”What A Pair Benefit“to raise money to help breast cancer.
Rashida It is also a model for brands such as Triple 5 Soul Y The Gap. Appeared in magazines In Style Y OK Magazine.