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Also known as Rashida Leah Jones

American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Celeste And Jesse Forever
  • Celeste And Jesse Forever
  • Celeste and Jesse Forever

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Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25, 1976 in Los Angeles, California), is an American actress, writer, model, and musician, best known for her portrayal of Karen Filippelli on The Office and Louisa Fenn on Boston Public. She currently plays Ann Perkins in the NBC comedy, Parks and Recreation. Rashida is the youngest daughter of actress Peggy Lipton from her marriage to media mogul Quincy Jones. Jones sang backup on the tracks "Tangled" and "Secret" from Maroon 5's hit record, Songs About Jane

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5 total works indexed

  1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,494x

  2. Geant4—a simulation toolkit

    · 2003 · cited 21,286x

  3. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,617x

  4. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,787x

  5. Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas

    · 2005 · cited 16,646x

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Key facts

Born
Rashida Leah Jones , ( 1976-02-25 ) February 25, 1976 (age 50) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
Alma mater
Harvard University ( AB )
Occupations
Actress filmmaker
Years active
1997–present
Works
Full list
Partner
Ezra Koenig (2015–present)
Parents
Quincy Jones Peggy Lipton
Relatives
Harold Lipton (grandfather) Kidada Jones (sister) Quincy Jones III (half-brother) Kenya Kinski-Jones (half-sister) Richard A. Jones (uncle)

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Encyclopedic overview

Rashida Leah Jones (/rəˈʃiːdə/ rə-SHEE-də; born February 25, 1976) 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 (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). Her accolades include a Grammy Award and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2025, she was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world.

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).

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