Jolie Jones Levine Biography

In 1964, Jolie Jones was invited to join Ford Models. At the age of 15, she adorned the cover of “Mademoiselle” magazine, becoming the first African-American woman to do so. She also appeared in the renowned ‘Seventeen Magazine’. At 16, she relocated to Los Angeles and interned at Hollywood Professional Preschool. Then following the birth of her first son, her career took a new turn. Jolie Jones juggled her life as a mother and a working woman by continuing to work on advertising campaigns for Revlon and Max Factor while raising her son. She eventually decided to dedicate herself to motherhood full-time. Somehow, she still managed to find time for non-profit fundraising and eventually became a founding member of a local chapter of SANE. Her concerns about the environment also led her to establish her own foundation called ‘Take It Back’ later on. She also pursued her interests in painting, gardening and sculpture.

In 1984, she moved to London along with her family and worked towards pursuing a professional singing career. During this time, she collaborated with many popular artistes, including Jon Anderson, Boy George, Curiosity Killed the Cat and Nick Kamen. Eventually, she returned to Los Angeles, where she resumed her studies with acting coach Milton Katselas and also continued her voice and music training. In the year 1987, Jolie Jones collaborated with Brazilian artist Ivan Lins and helped produce two of his albums. She became a founding member of Earth Communications Office in 1998. She then shifted her focus to her professional musical career once again and performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. She made her full-scale musical debut at the Jazz Bakery in 1996 and garnered rave views from the audience.

Jolie Jones was born in Manhattan, New York, USA, to Quincy Jones and his wife Jeri Caldwell. Her father is African-American while her mother is European-American. She attended PS 6 and New Lincoln School. She has many half-siblings as a result of her father’s relationships with several women. Her father reportedly has a total of seven kids with five different women!

Talking about Jolie Jones’ love life, she is a married woman. She and her husband Stewart Levine have two sons, Donovan and Sunny.