Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones
Jones at the 2017 Peabody Awards
Born
Rashida Leah Jones

(1976-02-25) February 25, 1976 (age 48)
Alma materHarvard University (AB)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • filmmaker
Years active1997–present
WorksFull list
PartnerEzra Koenig (2015–present)
Children1
Parents
Relatives

Rashida Leah Jones (/rəˈʃdə/ rə-SHEE-də;[1] born February 25, 1976)[2][3] is an American actress and filmmaker. She is best known for her roles as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series Boston Public (2000–2002), Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series The Office (2006–2009; 2011), Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation (2009–2015), and as the eponymous lead role in the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca (2016–2019).

Jones also appeared in the films I Love You, Man (2009), The Social Network (2010), Our Idiot Brother (2011), The Muppets (2011), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), which she co-wrote, and Tag (2018). Jones also co-wrote the story of Toy Story 4 (2019).

She worked as a producer on the film Hot Girls Wanted (2015) and the series Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On (2017), directing the first episode of the latter. Both works explore the sex industry. In 2018, her documentary Quincy, about her father, Quincy Jones, debuted on Netflix; it won the Grammy Award for Best Music Film in 2019.

  1. ^ Unqualified Advice: Rashida Jones (Holiday Edition). The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. November 27, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Lipton, Peggy; Dalton, Coco (April 1, 2007). Breathing Out. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781429906616. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1248. March 1, 2013. p. 25.