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
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Jessica Drew (voice)
2027
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
Self · (1 episode)
2025
Hot Ones Versus
Self · (1 episode)
2024
American Fiction
Sintara Golden
2023
Young Love
Angela Young (voice) · (12 episodes)
2023
Project Greenlight
Self · (10 episodes)
2023
Barbie
Barbie
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
Daffodil Dunham · (1 episode)
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Jess · (3 episodes)
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Trina · (3 episodes)
2019
Little
April Williams
2019
Desus & Mero
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Hate U Give
April Ofrah
2018
Moonlight
Rachel
2017
Insecure
Issa Dee · (44 episodes)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
A Bitter Lime
Jane Johnson
2015
American Princess
Perfect Strangers
Rubberhead
Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
2014
Good People, Bad Things
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest · (2 episodes)
2019
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
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