Rashida was born in February 1976 to Quincy and Peggy Lipton. A Harvard grad, she's best known for her roles on Parks & Recreation, The Office, and Angie Tribeca, and on the big screen in The Social Network, The Muppets, and Celeste and Jesse Forever, which she also cowrote.
In 2015, Rashida produced the documentary Hot Girls Wanted, which follows the lives of a group of young women who work in pornography. She wrote and directed the documentary Quincy about the life and career of her father in 2018.