Issa Rae
Born: 1985-01-12 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2027
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Jessica Drew (voice)
2025
- One of Them Days ... (Producer)
- Escape Room
- Just One ... (Executive Producer)
- Contours ... (Executive Producer)
- Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television as Self
- No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski as Self
2024
- Hot Ones Versus as Self
2023
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Jessica Drew (voice)
- Barbie as Barbie
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie as Self
- American Fiction as Sintara Golden
- Young Love as Angela Young (voice)
- Project Greenlight as Self
- Gray Matter ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- Roar as Wanda Shepard
- Rap Sh!t ... (Writer)
- Vengeance as Eloise
- The Hair Tales as Self
2021
- Insecure: The End as Self
- Sweet Life: Los Angeles ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Legendary as Self - Guest Judge
- Coastal Elites as Callie Josephson
- #blackAF as Issa Rae
- The Lovebirds as Leilani
- The Photograph as Mae Eames
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Desus & Mero as Self
- A Black Lady Sketch Show as Butterfly
- Little as April Williams
- Hair Love as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
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
- Hot Ones as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- A Bitter Lime as Jane Johnson
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- BoJack Horseman as Dr. Indira (voice)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Rubberhead as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
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
1953
- The Oscars as Self - Presenter