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)
2026
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as Honey Queen (voice)
- Picture This
2025
- One of Them Days ... (Producer)
- No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski as Self
- Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television as Self
- Contours ... (Executive Producer)
- Just One ... (Executive Producer)
- Escape Room
2024
- Hot Ones Versus as Self
- Hollywood Black as Self
2023
- Barbie as Barbie
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Jessica Drew (voice)
- Young Love as Angela Young (voice)
- American Fiction as Sintara Golden
- Project Greenlight as Self
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie as Self
- Gray Matter ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- Roar as Wanda Shepard
- Rap Sh!t ... (Writer)
- Vengeance as Eloise
- The Hair Tales as Self
2021
- Sweet Life: Los Angeles ... (Executive Producer)
- Insecure: The End as Self
2020
- Legendary as Self - Guest Judge
- #blackAF as Issa Rae
- The Photograph as Mae Eames
- The Lovebirds as Leilani
- Coastal Elites as Callie Josephson
- Dark City Beneath the Beat ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- A Black Lady Sketch Show as Trina
- Desus & Mero as Self
- 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
- Killing Lazarus ... (Producer)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 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
2010
- Conan as Self - Guest
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