Rashida Jones' 6 Siblings: All About the Actress' Brother and Sisters

Mar. 15, 2025

Quincy Jones III, Martina Jones, Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones and Peggy Lipton attend the ‘Keep On Keepin’ On' premiere on September 17, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Tibrina Hobson/FilmMagic

Tibrina Hobson/FilmMagic

Rashida Jones’ father,Quincy Jones, gave her a big family with six siblings: Jolie, Rachel, Martina, Quincy Jones III, Kidada and Kenya.

The singer welcomed his eldest child, Jolie Jones Levine, in 1953 with his then-wife Jeri Caldwell, and his second daughter, Rachel Jones, followed 10 years later, born to Carol Reynolds. Martina and Quincy Delight Jones III (a.k.a. QD3) were born in 1966 and 1968 during Quincy’s marriage to Ulla Andersson.

The Grammy winner welcomed Kidada Jones in 1974 with his third wife, the latePeggy Lipton, and Rashida followed in 1976. Quincy completed his family in 1993 with the birth of Kenya Kinski-Jones to his then-girlfriend Nastassja Kinski.

While Rashida’s success as an actress and filmmaker is well-known — she won aGrammyin 2019 for her documentary about her father and has starred in many hit shows likeParks & Recreation— she’s not the only Jones child with accolades.

“Seeing them successful is my Nobel Prize,” Quincy said at a composer’s expo in 2010, perThe Hollywood Reporter.

“Although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him,” Quincy’s family said in a statement. “He is truly one of a kind and we will miss him dearly.”

Here is everything to know about Rashida Jones’ six siblings: Jolie, Rachel, Martina, Quincy Jones III, Kidada and Kenya.

Jolie introduced Quincy to Rashida’s mother, Peggy Lipton

Kidada Jones, Peggy Lipton and Rashida Jones attend “The Art of Pooh” at the Evidence Gallery on April 4, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.Matthew Simmons/WireImage

Matthew Simmons/WireImage

Jolie revealed in a 2001 interview withPBSthat she played matchmaker for her father and his third wife, Lipton. “We talked about who … he would be interested in seeing,” Jolie recalled. “Peggy was a friend of mine, and she was one of the people.”

According to Quincy’s oldest daughter, she not only called Lipton to invite her out to dinner with the famed musician, but she went along with him to pick her up. “I drove because my father doesn’t drive,” she explained. “We went to a restaurant and … they were together from then on. That was it.”

In 1974, the women shared a big life milestone. “I was pregnant with Peggy,” Jolie told PBS. “Kidada and [my son Donovan] are three months apart. She had Kidada three months earlier.”

Quincy married Lipton six months later on Sept. 14, 1974.

Kidada was dating Tupac Shakur at the time of his death

Left: Kidada Jones attends the Rogan For Target Debut at Barneys New York on May 15, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. Right: Tupac Shakur attends a movie premiere in New York in 1996.Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage ; Gene Shaw/Getty

Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage ; Gene Shaw/Getty

Quincy’s fourth-born child, Kidada, not only has famous siblings and parents but she’s also been romantically linked to several famous men, including the lateTupac Shakur.

According toVanity Fair, the two were engaged and living together when therapper was shotand killed in 1996.

Though Kidada accompanied her fiancé to Vegas, she was not in the car with him and Suge Knight when Shakur was shot.

Kidada called Shakur the “love of [her] life” in her father’s 2001 autobiography,Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones. “He and I lived together for four months and then he was murdered in Las Vegas in 1996,” she wrote in the book, perThe Washington Post. “It was the most horrible thing that ever happened to me.”

Jolie, Martina, Kidada and Kenya are models

Rashida Jones and Kenya Jones.Kenya Kinski Jones/Instagram

Kenya Kinski Jones/Instagram

Jolie got into modeling with a little help from Rashida and Kidada’s mom Lipton. “[Peggy] was a big model with Eileen Ford, which is how I got into modeling,” she told PBS in 2001.

As for Martina, Kidada and Kenya, they followed their respective mothers — Andersson, Lipton and Kinski — into the field.

Kenya, who has been modeling full-time since high school and regularly shares photos from her photo shoots on Instagram, spoke to PEOPLE about her craft in 2018.

QD3 and Martina grew up in Sweden

Martina Jones and Quincy Jones attend the Nancy Reynolds Awards on November 13, 1991.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/Getty

Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/Getty

Unlike the rest of their siblings, Martina and QD3 grew up overseas in Sweden with their mother, Andersson, following their parents’ 1974 divorce.

According toBET, QD3 came to the United States at the age of 16, moving to New York to pursue a career in hip-hop.

Rachel founded her own vet company

Quincy Jones and his daughter Rachel.Quincy Jones/Instagram

Quincy Jones/Instagram

Of Quincy’s seven children, only one chose a career outside of the entertainment industry. Quincy’s second-born daughter, whom he shares with Reynolds, is a veterinarian.

The animal doctor, who graduated from the Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1999 according to herInstagram, launched her own vet practice, Marina Veterinary Center Inc., in Los Angeles.

In 2020, she sold her physical practice and embarked upon a new venture withMarina Vet Mobile, which she currently owns and operates.

Rashida and her siblings starred in a Tommy Hilfiger campaign with Quincy

Kidada Jones, Quincy Jones and Rashida Jones during Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Mad Tea Party in Los Angeles, California.Donato Sardella/WireImage

Donato Sardella/WireImage

In September 2023, Quincy and Rashida appeared alongside all of her siblings in a Christmas campaign for Tommy Hilfiger.

Kenya shared several of the shots on herInstagram, writing, “Tommy family portraits. It’s all love ❤️.”

Rashida alsosharedone of the pictures from the photoshoot, writing, “Nothing beats family time. All the Jones’ united in Tommy.”

QD3 has worked with legends in the music industry

Quincy Delight Jones III attends the Fast Company Creativity Counter-Conference 2016 on May 24, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.Vivien Killilea/Getty

Vivien Killilea/Getty

Like his famous father, QD3 is a well-known figure in the music industry.

In addition to Shakur, QD3 has worked with names such asPrince, LL Cool J andIce Cube.

In 2016, Quincy’s son parlayed that musical knowledge into a spot as a juror on SwedishIdolfor the show’s 12th season.

Rashida once developed a show with her sister Kidada

Kidada Jones and Rashida Jones seen at Town & Country Magazine with St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Celebrates November Families Issue on October 21, 2017.Eric Charbonneau/Getty

Eric Charbonneau/Getty

In 2013, Rashida and Kidada were tapped to develop a show calledThe Revengersfor the CW.

According toThe Hollywood Reporter, the Jones sisters conceived the show, originally calledLadyballs, which was centered on two twenty-somethings who discover they are dating the same man. In an ironic turn of events, the characters decide to go into business together to help other scorned women get revenge on their exes.

While there has been no update on the show, it wasn’t the end of Rashida and Kidada’s working relationship. In 2020, the pair starred in a commercial for T-Mobile that showcased Rashida angrily lamenting her options for watching “the big game” while Kidada calmly did yoga beside her.

Jolie’s name was used in a Quincy Jones song

Quincy Jones and Jolie Jones on November 21, 1988.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/Getty

While the songwriter never spoke of his inspiration for the tune, Jolie told PBS that she hoped her father’s love for her was behind the song.

“A fantasy would be that … when I was born, he was in Europe. He wrote it for me,” she shared. “But I don’t know that that’s true, because it’s on a Basie album.”

Rashida and her sisters once had an “intervention” with their dad

Quincy Jones and Rashida Jones attend the “Celeste and Jesse Forever” dinner on January 20, 2012 in Park City, Utah.Jerod Harris/Getty

Jerod Harris/Getty

In 2018, Rashida and her five sisters had a surprise sit-down with their father after a series of interviews he gave during which he criticized everyone fromTaylor SwiftandMichael JacksontoMarlon BrandoandJohn F. Kennedy.

Quincy expressed gratitude for all six of his daughters — who he said he’s “incredibly proud of” — and their “intervention” onX (formerly Twitter). “I’m so grateful for my daughters because they aren’t scared to stand up to their daddy,” Quincy wrote.

The music producer also said he heard their message, apologizing to those he had offended. “Thank you for calling me out when I’ve clearly made a mistake … many mistakes,” he wrote. “Even though sometimes it’s difficult to receive criticism or discipline (especially publicly), I want you know I hear you … and I thank you.”

source: people.com