Posted: Thu 22 Nov 2007 18:39 Post subject: actress Rashida Jones
"I tend to leave the house without makeup all the time. I'm kind of lazy that way," says the The Office star, 31. "Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful."
Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25, 1976), is an American actress, writer, model, and musician, best known for her portrayal of Karen Filippelli on The Office.
Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest daughter of actress Peggy Lipton from her marriage to media mogul Quincy Jones. Jones' father is an African-American whose ancestors have Tikarian [1] origins. Jones attended Hebrew school.[2]
In his autobiography, her father recalled how he would often find his 5-year old daughter under the covers after bedtime with a flashlight reading five books at a time. Around the same age, Jones was already playing classical concerts and winning awards. Her mother told Entertainment Tonight, "She's also a fabulous singer and songwriter, so she has inherited it (from Quincy), there's no question about it. Her dad's teaching her how to orchestrate and arrange too."[3]
When she was 10 years old, Jones' parents divorced and she therefore lived with her mother until setting out to Harvard University. She garnered attention with an open letter in response to scathing remarks made by Tupac Shakur about her parents' mixed marriage[4]. She later befriended Shakur, who was engaged to her sister Kidada Jones before he was killed.
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Favorite art Donald Baechler print.
Sheets John Robshaw.
Coffee-maker My local joint, Bonsignour Café. But I have my eye on a Nespresso machine.
Pets I have a plant.
Where do you live? West Village, Manhattan.
Favorite neighborhood restaurant? Florent—they are always open and feed me late when I'm drunk.
Favorite cocktail? Grey Goose martini, dry and dirty with three olives.
Blackberry or Treo? BlackBerry 8800. I want the Curve now.
Favorite charity? Peace Games.
clothes
Jeans Topshop.
Underwear Hanky Panky, Muji boy-short underwear.
Sneakers Converse.
T-Shirt Laloo (my brand, which will debut spring '0.
Day bag Chanel 2.55.
Evening bag Wilbur and Gussie, a line from the U.K.—so many adorable prints.
Favorite discovery? Aedes de Venustas on Christopher Street. The best candles, beauty products, and scents.
Who inspires you? Oprah, my mom, and my dad.
Necessary extravagance? Facials by Tom while I get a mani/pedi by Erica (both at Face Place, in N.Y.C.).
Rashida Jones plays Karen Filipelli on NBC's The Office. The daughter of actor Peggy Lipton and musician Quincy Jones, she is biracial and also Jewish.
A recent magazine article noted she is "Constantly told she looks too light to play African American, and rarely cast in period pieces" because, she explains, "people like me didn't exist." She admits it's "been a bit of an uphill battle to be somewhere in the middle."
On the other hand, "it gives me a tiny bit more range, and because I don't look like one thing or fit into one thing, the people who do cast me understand me as an individual and what I have to offer as opposed to what I look like and how it fits into their mold," she says, noting that casting opportunities are slowly becoming more colorblind, and as society becomes more multi-cultural, Jones predicts, "More and more you will see people look like me, where you don't know what race they are, which is nice."
She adds, "I can immerse myself in the cultures and pick and choose what I want and then just be myself. I have all these different groups of friends. The nature of who I am and the fact that I am so many things allows me to float," explains Jones, who feels strongly connected to both her black and Jewish cultures.
From The Daughter of Q, By Gerri Miller, American Jewish Life, January 2007, posted on fan site rashidaonline.com
Rashida Jones earned a BA in religion and philosophy at Harvard University in 1997, and served as musical director of the Hasty Pudding ceremony, the oldest theatre company in America. She is also a writer, model, and musician.
While attending Harvard, she initially was interested in becoming a lawyer, but lost interest as a result of watching the O.J. Simpson trial [6]. Instead, she became involved in theatre[7]. According to her freshman playbill biography at Harvard, she "enjoys bungee-jumping, parasailing, skydiving, and other extreme sports. She also likes to try to solve the economic problems of the world in her spare time.[8] She studied religion and philosophy at Harvard and graduated in 1997. [9]
Though raised Jewish, she started practicing Hinduism in her early teens after her mother took her to an Ashram in India[10]. Today, however, she practices Judaism and told a reporter, "In this day and age, you can choose how you practice and what is your relationship with God. I feel pretty strongly about my connection, definitely through the Jewish traditions and the things that I learned dating the guy that I dated. My boyfriends tend to be Jewish and also be practicing."
Other work
As a singer, Jones was a member and music director for Harvard's oldest co-ed a cappella group, The Harvard Opportunes. They performed an arrangement composed by Quincy Jones himself on the 1997 CD, Candy For The Children[15] She sang backup on the tracks "Tangled" and "Secret" from Maroon 5's hit record, Songs About Jane[12]. She also sang on the track "Kiwi" on their album "It Won't Be Soon Before Long." She can be heard singing backup in the The Gap commercial[12] "Dress You Up". Jones is also featured in the commercials "Mellow Yello"[16] and "Crazy Stripes"[17] Also as a singer, Jones appeared as guest on Tupac Shakur's tribute album The Rose That Grew From Concrete, on the track "Starry Night," which is accompanied by her father' vocals, Mac Mall's rapping, and her half-brother QD3's production. She also sang in some episodes of Boston Public and for charitable events such as the What A Pair Benefit to raise money for breast cancer research.[18]
Jones' written work has appeared in Teen Vogue. She also wrote chapter 36 of her father's biography Q: The Autobiography Of Quincy Jones. She has also co-composed the score for Hasty Pudding Theatricals while at Harvard in 1997.[19]
Rashida Jones has modeled for major clothing labels including Triple 5 Soul and The Gap. She has also appeared in editorials for magazines such as In Style and O Magazine.[12]
In the Foo Fighters' music video for Long Road to Ruin, Jones plays the role of Susan Belfontaine.[20] She is playfully credited as Racinda Jules in the opening credits.
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Posted: Fri 23 Nov 2007 22:21 Post subject:
odocoileus wrote:
Her dad's 50 % Euro, her mom is presumably 100 % Euro and/or Asian & Middle Eastern.
(A lot of Ashkenazi Jews have Asian and Middle Eastern ancestry).
People who are only a quarter black rarely look black.
Her dad was more like 60 some percent Afro, I believe. And I actually think most quarter black individuals have discernable african ancestry (thandie newton's kids), but they usually look like hispanics/latinos.
Quincy Jones admixture test showed his ancestry to be 66% sub-Saharan African, 34% European, and 0% Native American (the Henry Louis Gates PBS special).
I could be wrong but I think that many people who are 75% european and 25% black ancestry the black might show just a little but they can look more mestizo latino, Arab, or Italian. This is not always, it depends.
It's so weird how she can turn up looking 100% European (imo).
Her dad's 50 % Euro,
No, her dad is 35% European with no Native American ancestry. The DNA results show that. Plus in his autobiography he states that his father(not his mother) is half white.
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