As a child, American actress Rashida Jones dreamed of becoming a judge, lawyer or president. However, later, having studied acting, she realized that this was her path, and remained in this profession. And at the same time she became a famous producer, screenwriter and author of popular comics.
Biography
Rashida Leah Jones was born in Los Angeles in 1976, the son of a music producer and actress. The Jones family is quite large: they raised six children. Her mother is Jewish, so Rashida had to observe Jewish traditions. However, at the age of ten, she decided that she herself would choose what to believe in and what God to worship. Later, she said that she had the right to be outside of religion, since her father is African American and she can study his culture too.
She moved from a Jewish school to a regular one, and then studied at the Buckley Preparatory School, where Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton studied with her.
After graduating from high school, Jones entered Harvard University to pursue an education in religion and philosophy. At the university, there was an opportunity to study singing and acting as an option, which Rashida did with great pleasure.
To her surprise, she realized that she liked standing on stage and creating images of different people much more than studying thick volumes of ancient sciences, although there were also many interesting things there.
It so happened that while still at Harvard, she played the first role in the project "The Last Don" (1997). Her work was liked by both the audience and the creators of the series, and soon the aspiring actress received an invitation to the next project, then to another. And then it became clear that she would be in demand as an artist.
Film career
In 2000, Jones began acting in the television series Boston School. Here, according to the plot, the teachers of the Boston law school literally survived in a situation of relations with almost unmanageable students and at the same time solved their personal problems. Rashida played Louise Fenn in the project, who was involved in most of the episodes, so she was remembered by the audience. The young actress was also noticed by critics, and for this role she was nominated for the NAACP Image Awards.
The next significant role of the actress is Karen Filippelli in the project "Office" (2005-2013). Here she was involved in six seasons, and this is already a solid period. It was after this series that Jones decided that she would remain in the acting profession. Before that, she had doubts about the correctness of the chosen path.
However, Rashida did not stop there and began acting in the situational comedy "Parks and Recreation Areas" (2009-2015). Her role as Ann Perkins immediately became noticeable, and, starting with this series, in this image she began to be recognized.
The actress's portfolio includes films that are famous in many countries. These are the paintings "The Social Network" (2010) and "If These Walls Could Talk" (2000). In addition, she has already tried herself as a screenwriter in the film Toy Story 4 (2019) and the TV series Black Mirror (2011-2019).
She also directed three films, wrote six films and was a producer on ten films. And Jones is also engaged in voice acting for films and cartoons, and found another interest in this area.
The best TV series in the filmography of the actress are considered "Parks and Recreation Areas" (2009-2015), "Hooligans and Nerds" (1999-2000), "Office" (2005-2013) and the mini-series "The Last Don" (1977).
Starting in 2008, Rashida Jones began acting in several projects at the same time, and the range of genres in which she needed to work has expanded significantly. So, in her portfolio appeared the comedy series "Web Therapy" (2008), then the drama "Short interviews with scum" (2009) and the cartoon "Cool". She starred a lot, including short films.
By 2015, she had gained significant professional experience, and that year she was fortunate enough to play in the TV series "Angie Tribeca". It was a satire on the police procedural genre, in which Rashida played a police officer who served in an elite unit for ten years.
Rashida's latest works are the comedy Between Two Ferns (2019), the series A Creepy Monster Called World Economy (2019- …) and the drama The Sound of Silence (2019). In the last film, she played the main role. Her character Ellen suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome, and after moving to New York, these symptoms worsened. But on her way she meets Peter Lucian - a man of a strange profession: he tunes sounds in people's dwellings. And neutralizes the impact of pathogenic noise. He believes that the sound that constantly surrounds a person is able to lead him to stress, or vice versa - to bring joy and inspiration.
Personal life
Rashida Jones is a very attractive person, and she has always had a lot of fans. Her history of romantic relationships includes such personalities as actor Tobey Maguire, director Jon Favreau, music producer Mark Ronson, to whom she was even engaged. However, a year after the engagement, the couple broke up.
And when none of the fans suspected anything, Rashida unexpectedly gave birth to a son, whom she named Isa and gave him the surname Jones Koenig. After this happy event, the media learned that Rashida was dating musician Ezra Koenig, and, apparently, he is the father of the child.
The fact is that absolutely no one knew about the actress's new love, and both of these facts were a complete surprise to everyone. This was all the more strange since she sometimes uploads very personal pictures on her social networks.
