Overview (4)

Born March 22, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA Birth Name Kidada Ann Jones Nicknames Prada

Pie

Dada

Kida Height 5' 7" (1.7 m)

Mini Bio (1)

Kidada Jones was raised in Bel Air, where her home was often frequented by celebrities like Michael Jackson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At an early age, Kidada battled an identity crisis. Her father is African-American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish. By the time she was 15 she had been kicked out of 11 schools, for acting up, due to not fitting in. Later, Kidada dated Tupac Shakur who, incidentally, was on his way to pick her up when he was gunned down. Three days later, she had his face tattooed on her arm. Now, Kidada has made a name for herself. She made her film debut in The Faculty (1998), playing Venus, Usher's on-screen girlfriend. Off-screen, she is close friends with Usher, and also with singer Aaliyah. Although her scenes were deleted in The Faculty (1998), Kidada appeared in Black and White (1999) with Brooke Shields, and also in Thicker Than Water (1999).



Along with a rising movie career, Kidada is also a Tommy Hilfiger model, and has appeared in several adds and commercials. The star admits to loving practical jokes, but says she is a drama queen when acting.

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Spouse (1)

Jeffrey Nash (February 2003 - ?) ( divorced)

Trivia (11)



Is close friends with Usher and was close friends with the singer Aaliyah



Older sister of Rashida Jones



Lived with rapper Tupac Shakur for four months at the time of his death in 1996. She called his murder "the most horrible thing that ever happened to me.".

Graduated from Fairfax High School in Hollywood, California, U.S.A., and Los Angeles Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising College.



Kidada's father is African-American, and also has smaller amounts of English, Scottish, and Welsh, ancestry (some of his African ancestors were from the Tikar people of Cameroon). Kidada's mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent). Her paternal grandparents were from South Carolina and Mississippi, respectively. Her maternal grandfather was born in New York, and her maternal grandmother was born in Dublin, Ireland, of Eastern European Jewish origin.

