Kidada Jones

Actress, model, fashion designer, wardrobe stylist

Kidada Ann Jones (/k//ɪ//'//d//ɑː//d//ə/// kihDAHdə; born March 22, 1974) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. She works as a designer for The Walt Disney Company, and has a line there known as Kidada for Disney Couture. Jones is a daughter of record producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton.

The elder daughter of the marriage between composer/arranger Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton, Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. She is Jewish on her mother's side, and African American on her father's side. Lipton's parents were Harold Lipton, a corporate lawyer, and Rita Benson, an artist. Jones attended the Los Angeles Fashion Institute for Design and Merchandising and left at age 19 to work with the designer Tommy Hilfiger. She was recruited by designer Tommy Hilfiger, who launched a successful ad campaign centered on Jones and a group of her friends (including Aaliyah, Tamia, Kate Hudson, Nicole Richie, and Oliver Hudson). She worked as his muse for eight years. Jones also appeared on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday.

Jones dated rapper and actor LL Cool J from 1992 to 1994. In his autobiography, I Make My Own Rules, LL Cool J stated that he ended their relationship because they "didn't believe the same things". "She praised a guru and statues, and I praise God," he said. They lived together for four months up until his death. She was in their Las Vegas hotel room when he was shot on September 7, 1996,

In 1999, Jones dated actor Leonardo DiCaprio. She was married to actor Jeffrey Nash from 2003 until 2006. Jones had a close friendship with singer and actress Aaliyah whom she met while modeling for Tommy Hilfiger.