Rashida Jones Joins Amy Poehler In Untitled NBC Sitcom

The Office actress Rashida Jones has joined the cast of NBC’s untitled comedy starring Amy Poehler. NBC and producers continue to keep a tight lid on the Poehler sitcom, but some details are starting to emerge. Jones is set to play Ann Logan, a nurse whose boyfriend has a strange injury. It’s that injury that leads Jones’ character into the world populated by Poehler and Aziz Ansari, who was the first actor attached to the project, back when it was still an Office spinoff.

Although rumors that Jones would be a part of the show had been flying for months, the network hadn’t confirmed her casting until now. For Jones, it’s a reunion with Office executive producers Greg Daniels and Mike Schur, who are also creating the new Poehler show. Jones played Karen Filippelli, the love interest of Jim (John Krasinski), on season three of The Office.

Producers haven’t yet set a shoot date for the first episode, but Jones said she expected to report to work sometime in early 2009. NBC has said the Poehler show will be ready by spring, but there’s no definite date lined up yet – and it could be pushed to fall. In the meantime, Jones is expected to appear on at least one episode of The Office this season.