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Name
Issa Rae

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1985-01-12 (41 years old)

Place of Birth
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.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2021 Insecure: The End as Self
2027 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Jessica Drew (voice)
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Jessica Drew (voice)
2023 Barbie as Barbie
2023 American Fiction as Sintara Golden
2015 A Bitter Lime as Jane Johnson
2018 The Hate U Give as April Ofrah
2019 Little as April Williams
2020 The Lovebirds as Leilani
2020 The Photograph as Mae Eames
2019 Hair Love as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
Soon Perfect Strangers
2022 Vengeance as Eloise
2014 Rubberhead as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
2020 Coastal Elites as Callie Josephson
2017 Moonlight as Rachel
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie as Self
Soon Good People, Bad Things
Soon Untitled Set It Off Remake
2025 Escape Room
Soon Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
2027 Babies as Becky
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast as Self
2026 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as Honey Queen (voice)

1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
2012 Finding Your Roots ( 1 episode ) as Self
1996 The Daily Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2019 Desus & Mero ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 The Tamron Hall Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
2023 Young Love ( 12 episodes ) as Angela Young (voice)
2015 Hot Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self
2023 Project Greenlight ( 10 episodes ) as Self
2016 Insecure ( 44 episodes ) as Issa Dee
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 Legendary ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show ( 1 episode ) as Daffodil Dunham
2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show ( 1 episode ) as Butterfly
2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show ( 3 episodes ) as Jess
2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show ( 3 episodes ) as Trina
1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2019 Desus & Mero ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Illustrious Guest
1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
2022 Roar ( 1 episode ) as Wanda Shepard
2020 #blackAF ( 1 episode ) as Issa Rae
2014 BoJack Horseman ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Indira (voice)
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
2022 The Hair Tales ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 Hot Ones Versus ( 1 episode ) as Self
2025 No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski ( 1 episode ) as Self
2011 Black Mirror ( 1 episode ) as Brandy Friday
2025 Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2026 Picture This ( 4 episodes )
2010 Conan ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2024 Hollywood Black ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2011 The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl ( 24 episodes ) as J

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