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Issa Rae

Born · January 12, 1985 (40 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Bio

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

Barbie

Barbie

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Jessica Drew (voice)

2027

No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski

Self · (1 episode)

2025

Hot Ones Versus

(1 episode)

2024

American Fiction

Sintara Golden

2023

Young Love

Angela Young (voice) · (12 episodes)

2023

Barbie

Barbie

2023

Project Greenlight

Self · (10 episodes)

2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Jessica Drew (voice)

2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie

Self

2023

The Hair Tales

Self · (1 episode)

2022

Sherri

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Self · (1 episode)

2022

Vengeance

Eloise

2022

Roar

Wanda Shepard · (1 episode)

2022

Insecure: The End

Self

2021

Coastal Elites

Callie Josephson

2020

Legendary

Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)

2020

The Lovebirds

Leilani

2020

#blackAF

Issa Rae · (1 episode)

2020

The Photograph

Mae Eames

2020

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self · (1 episode)

2019

Hair Love

Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)

2019

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Butterfly · (1 episode)

2019

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Trina · (3 episodes)

2019

Little

April Williams

2019

The Hate U Give

April Ofrah

2018

Moonlight

Rachel

2017

A Bitter Lime

Jane Johnson

2015

American Princess

Perfect Strangers

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Daffodil Dunham · (1 episode)

2019

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Jess · (3 episodes)

2019

Desus & Mero

Self · (1 episode)

2019

Desus & Mero

Self - Illustrious Guest · (2 episodes)

2019

Insecure

Issa Dee · (44 episodes)

2016

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self · (2 episodes)

2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Self · (1 episode)

2015

Hot Ones

Self · (1 episode)

2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self · (2 episodes)

2014

Rubberhead

Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")

2014

BoJack Horseman

Dr. Indira (voice) · (2 episodes)

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self · (2 episodes)

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self · (1 episode)

2014

Finding Your Roots

Self · (1 episode)

2012

Black Mirror

Brandy Friday · (1 episode)

2011

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest · (4 episodes)

2009

The View

Self · (2 episodes)

1997

The Daily Show

Self · (1 episode)

1996

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host · (1 episode)

1975

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self · (1 episode)

1973

The Oscars

Self - Presenter · (1 episode)

1953