Issa Rae
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1985-01-12
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Issa Rae
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.
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Insecure: The End
Dec 26, 2021
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Jun 17, 2027
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
May 31, 2023
Barbie
Jul 19, 2023
American Fiction
Nov 10, 2023
A Bitter Lime
Jan 01, 2015
The Hate U Give
Oct 19, 2018
Little
Apr 04, 2019
American Princess
The Lovebirds
May 22, 2020
The Photograph
Feb 14, 2020
Hair Love
Aug 14, 2019
Perfect Strangers
Vengeance
Jul 29, 2022
Rubberhead
Nov 18, 2014
Coastal Elites
Sep 12, 2020
Moonlight
Aug 10, 2017
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
May 09, 2023
Good People, Bad Things
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Escape Room
Aug 22, 2025
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Finding Your Roots
Mar 24, 2012
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Desus & Mero
Feb 21, 2019
Tamron Hall
Sep 09, 2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
Young Love
Sep 21, 2023
Hot Ones
Mar 12, 2015
Project Greenlight
Jul 13, 2023
Insecure
Oct 09, 2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Sherri
Sep 12, 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sep 12, 2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Legendary
May 27, 2020
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Aug 02, 2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Aug 02, 2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Aug 02, 2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Aug 02, 2019
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Desus & Mero
Feb 21, 2019
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Roar
Apr 14, 2022
#blackAF
Apr 17, 2020
BoJack Horseman
Aug 22, 2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
The Hair Tales
Oct 22, 2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Apr 02, 1973
Hot Ones Versus
Jan 31, 2024
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
Feb 23, 2025
Black Mirror
Dec 04, 2011
