Issa Rae
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
Credits
- 2027 · Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Jessica Drew (voice)
- 2025 · No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski as Self
- 2024 · Hot Ones Versus as
- 2023 · American Fiction as Sintara Golden
- 2023 · Young Love as Angela Young (voice)
- 2023 · Barbie as Barbie
- 2023 · Project Greenlight as Self
- 2023 · Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Jessica Drew (voice)
- 2023 · Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie as Self
- 2022 · The Hair Tales as Self
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Vengeance as Eloise
- 2022 · Roar as Wanda Shepard
- 2021 · Insecure: The End as Self
- 2020 · Coastal Elites as Callie Josephson
- 2020 · Legendary as Self - Guest Judge
- 2020 · The Lovebirds as Leilani
- 2020 · #blackAF as Issa Rae
- 2020 · The Photograph as Mae Eames
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Hair Love as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Daffodil Dunham
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Butterfly
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Jess
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Trina
- 2019 · Little as April Williams
- 2019 · Desus & Mero as Self
- 2019 · Desus & Mero as Self - Illustrious Guest
- 2018 · The Hate U Give as April Ofrah
- 2017 · Moonlight as Rachel
- 2016 · Insecure as Issa Dee
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2015 · A Bitter Lime as Jane Johnson
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Rubberhead as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Dr. Indira (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Brandy Friday
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
- Future · Perfect Strangers as
- Future · American Princess as