Rashida Jones is so naturally low-key, it’s easy to overlook the mysteries beyond her girl-next-door beauty. As Karen on The Office, she’s the ‘other woman’ from the Stamford branch who lost her heart to Jim (John Krasinski). In real life, she’s a Harvard graduate; the daughter of legendary composer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton (The Mod Squad); a 3-time People’s Most Beautiful honoree; and a guy-magnet who’s been engaged to Spiderman (Tobey Maguire) and dated stars like Krasinski, Josh Hartnett and John Mayer. She’s currently linked with White House speechwriter Jon Favreau. Rashida has also now transferred a bit of hidden girl power to a new comic book heroine loosely based on—ready for this?—socialite Paris Hilton. Frenemy of the State will be published early this year, featuring a young heiress who works undercover for the C.I.A. Rashida tells Vanity Fair she developed the idea from the “funny notion that (Hilton) was actually some crazy genius who knew exactly what she was doing.” Apparently Hollywood likes the premise, as well, since Universal snapped up the spy series for a big-screen film months before the first issue was ever printed! The actress and her writing partner, actor Will McCormack, will pen the screenplay. The moral of this story is: if your TV boyfriend chooses the receptionist over you, grab a ream of Dunder-Mifflin paper and start writing.
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