Issa Rae
Known For
Acting
Born
1985-01-12 in 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.
Most Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Black Mirror
as Brandy Friday
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
BoJack Horseman
as Dr. Indira (voice)
The View
as Self
Hot Ones
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Jessica Drew (voice)
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Barbie
as Barbie
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
Insecure
as Issa Dee
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self