Issa Rae
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 12, 1985 (age 41)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
JoIssa Rae Diop (born January 12, 1985), known professionally as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, and producer. She achieved recognition as the co-creator, co-writer, and star of the HBO comedy series Insecure (2016–2021), for which she was nominated for multiple Golden Globes Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. Rae first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl (2011–2013). Her 2015 memoir, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, became a New York Times bestseller. In 2020, Rae formed the production company Hoorae Media. Rae has also appeared in films, with roles in the drama The Hate U Give (2018), the fantasy comedy Little (2019), the romance The Photograph (2020), the romantic comedy The Lovebirds (2020), the comedy thriller Vengeance(2022), and the comedies Barbie and American Fiction (both 2023). She also had a voice role in the short film Hair Love (2019) and voiced Jess Drew / Spider-Woman in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). In 2018 and 2022, Rae was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world and in 2014 in the Forbes '30 Under 30' list in the entertainment section. She was recognized with the Peabody Trailblazer Award and the Producers Guild of America Visionary Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Issa Rae, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Perfect Strangers
Movie
Good People, Bad Things
Movie
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Movie
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Movie
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Jessica Drew (voice)
Babies
Movie · as Becky
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Movie · as Honey Queen (voice)
Picture This
TV · 4 eps
Escape Room
Movie
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Hot Ones Versus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hollywood Black
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Jessica Drew (voice)
Barbie
Movie · as Barbie
American Fiction
Movie · as Sintara Golden
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Movie · as Self
Young Love
TV · as Angela Young (voice) · 12 eps
Project Greenlight
TV · as Self · 10 eps
Vengeance
Movie · as Eloise
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Roar
TV · as Wanda Shepard · 1 ep
The Hair Tales
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Insecure: The End
Movie · as Self
The Lovebirds
Movie · as Leilani
The Photograph
Movie · as Mae Eames
Coastal Elites
Movie · as Callie Josephson
Legendary
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
#blackAF
TV · as Issa Rae · 1 ep
Little
Movie · as April Williams
Hair Love
Movie · as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
Desus & Mero
TV · as Self, Self - Illustrious Guest · 1 ep
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV · as Trina, Daffodil Dunham, Jess, Butterfly · 3 eps
The Hate U Give
Movie · as April Ofrah
Moonlight
Movie · as Rachel
Insecure
TV · as Issa Dee · 44 eps
A Bitter Lime
Movie · as Jane Johnson
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rubberhead
Movie · as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
BoJack Horseman
TV · as Dr. Indira (voice) · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Black Mirror
TV · as Brandy Friday · 1 ep
The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
TV · as J · 24 eps
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep