BIOGRAPHY
RASHIDA JONES (ABC Executive) has two additional films opening this year: “Our Idiot
Brother” opposite Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel, and “The Big Year,”
opposite Owen Wilson, Steve Martin and Jack Black. In addition, she recently appeared in a
cameo in the hit comedy “Friends with Benefits,” opposite Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis.
Last year she starred with Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake in
Columbia Pictures' critically acclaimed and award winning film “The Social Network.” Jones
also starred in Adam Shapiro's relationship drama “Monogamy,” opposite Chris Messina,
which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won Best New York Narrative. Her
other film credits include “I Love You, Man” and “Little Black Book.”
Recently recognized as one of Variety's Screenwriters to Watch, Jones starred in “Celeste
and Jesse Forever,” which was filmed from her own original screenplay with writing partner
Will McCormack. The film focuses on a young couple in the midst of a divorce who attempt to
maintain their friendship while pursuing new relationships. In addition, Jones recently sold
“Frenemy of the State” to Universal Pictures, a script from a comic book that she created and
wrote.
On television, Jones can currently be seen on NBC's Emmy Award®-nominated “Parks and
Recreation.” She caught the attention of audiences and the industry alike when she portrayed
the ambitious saleswoman Karen Filippelli, in NBC's Emmy Award®-winning comedy “The
Office.” She also starred on “Unhitched,” “Boston Public,” “Wanted,” “Freaks and Geeks,” “If
These Walls Could Talk II,” “The Chappelle Show” and the British television series “NY-LON.”
Jones was also a weekly correspondent on the talk show “Vibe TV.”
A graduate from Harvard University, Jones appeared in several plays there including “For
Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,” “Dancing at
Lughnasa,” “The Odd Couple: (Female Version)” and “H.M.S. Pinafore.” She also appeared
in “Pitching to the Star” with Peggy Lipton at the Lee Strasberg Theatre. Jones currently
resides in Los Angeles.
ABOUT THE MOVIE
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, his brother Gary (Jason Segel) and Gary’s
girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris
Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former
stomping grounds. To stage a telethon and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and
Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno
casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a
Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. With secret,
signature, celebrity cameos, Disney’s “The Muppets” hits the big screen Nov. 23, 2011.
FINAL
09-07-11