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Rashida Jones
Rashida Leah Jones is an American actress and filmmaker. In television, she has starred as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series Boston Public (2000–2002), Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series The Office, 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). Her accolades include a Grammy Award w…
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Born 25 February 1976 · Q540608
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2025· 3 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2025).
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Was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world
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Jones starred in the Black Mirror episode "Common People", earning a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
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2024· 2 entries
It was announced that Jones is writing a script for an animated Tom and Jerry feature film along with Will McCormack and Michael Govier
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“Oh, we’re not married. We just kind of call each other that. But we are what we are, in the eyes of God! My parents only got married when my dad had his first brain aneurysm and my sister was six months old, because of rights stuff. I’m sure we’ll get married at some point, but we basically are.”
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2020· 1 entry
Starred and served as an executive producer on the Netflix sitcom #blackAF opposite Kenya Barris, who created the series
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2018· 2 entries
Jones became the first female ambassador for Maison Kitsune
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Her documentary Quincy, about her father, Quincy Jones, debuted on Netflix
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2017· 1 entry
Jones became a spokeswoman for the Almay brand of cosmetics
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2016· 5 entries
Jones co-wrote the teleplay of "Nosedive", an episode of the television anthology series Black Mirror with Michael Schur from a story by Charlie Brooker
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Which was excerpted in the 2017 book Courage Is Contagious
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Featured in the music video "Flip and Rewind" by Boss Selection, with the video directed by Jones and McCormack
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Jones visited a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon
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In 2016, Jones visited a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon.
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2015· 2 entries
Jones produced the documentary film Hot Girls Wanted, which examines the role of teenage girls in pornographic films
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Began starring in a series of commercials for Verizon FiOS
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2014· 1 entry
Jones was cast in the lead role of Angie Tribeca on the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca, which premiered in 2016
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2013· 1 entry
Jones directed the music video for Sara Bareilles' song "Brave"
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2012· 2 entries
And she starred in it opposite Andy Samberg
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Campaigned in Iowa along with Parks and Recreation co-star Adam Scott
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2011· 2 entries
During the show's first TV season (containing her appearance from the first web season), and was able to make time to reprise her role on-screen for an exclusive appearance in the second season finale of the show in 2012
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Dove selected Jones as its spokeswoman for its Dove Nourishing Oil Care Collection
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2008· 2 entries
Jones appeared with several other celebrities in Prop 8 – The Musical, an all-star video satirising California's anti-gay marriage initiative, written by Marc Shaiman
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Along with Kristen Bell, she visited college campuses in Missouri to discuss the candidates and to encourage voter registration for the Democratic Party
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2007· 1 entry
Was honorary chair of the annual Housing Works benefit, which fights AIDS and homelessness in New York City
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2005· 1 entry
Jones played Karen in the Stella pilot on Comedy Central and special government agent Carla Merced in the TNT police drama Wanted
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2004· 1 entry
Was cast in Strip Search, an HBO film directed by Sidney Lumet, but her scenes were cut from the final broadcast version
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2002· 1 entry
To raise money for breast cancer research
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2001· 2 entries
Jones became engaged to music producer Mark Ronson in February 2003
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Jones appeared in the video to "More Than a Woman" by Aaliyah alongside her sister Kidada Jones and then-boyfriend Mark Ronson; the video was released in January 2002, five months after Aaliyah's death
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2000· 1 entry
Guest-starred as Karen Scarfolli on Freaks and Geeks before landing the role of Louisa Fenn on Boston Public
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1994· 1 entry
Jones garnered attention with an open letter responding to scathing remarks made by rapper Tupac Shakur about her parents' interracial marriage in The Source
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1990· 1 entry
That Jones was "also a fabulous singer and songwriter"
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1976· 2 entries
In Los Angeles to actress Peggy Lipton and musician/record producer Quincy Jones
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Born 1976-02-25.
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