Rashida Jones
American actress (born 1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rashida Leah Jones (/rəˈʃiːdə/ 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), as Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series The Office (2006–2009; 2011), as 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).
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Born | Rashida Leah Jones (1976-02-25) February 25, 1976 (age 48) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
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Years active | 1997–present |
Partner | Ezra Koenig (2015–present) |
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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.