Issa Rae
Acting
1985-01-12 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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
TheatersSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027 · Movie
Babies
2026 · Movie
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026 · Movie
Picture This
2026 · Series
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 · Series
Escape Room
2025 · Movie
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
2025 · Series
Just One
2025 · Movie
Contours
2025 · Movie
One of Them Days
2025 · Movie
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · Series
American Fiction
2023 · Movie
Young Love
2023 · Series
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast
2023 · Movie
Barbie
2023 · Movie
Project Greenlight
2023 · Series
Gray Matter
2023 · Movie
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · Movie
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
2023 · Movie
The Hair Tales
2022 · Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
Vengeance
2022 · Movie
Rap Sh!t
2022 · Series
Roar
2022 · Series
Insecure: The End
2021 · Movie
Sweet Life: Los Angeles
2021 · Series
Coastal Elites
2020 · Movie
Dark City Beneath the Beat
2020 · Movie
Legendary
2020 · Series
The Lovebirds
2020 · Movie
#blackAF
2020 · Series
The Photograph
2020 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
Hair Love
2019 · Movie
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Series
Little
2019 · Movie
Desus & Mero
2019 · Series
The Hate U Give
2018 · Movie
Moonlight
2017 · Movie
Insecure
2016 · Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
Hot Ones
2015 · Series
Killing Lazarus
2015 · Movie
A Bitter Lime
2015 · Movie
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
Rubberhead
2014 · Movie
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Series
Black Mirror
2011 · Series
The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
2011 · Series
Conan
2010 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
One of Them Days 2
Movie
Juju
Movie
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Movie
Good People, Bad Things
Movie
Perfect Strangers
Movie
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Movie
Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project
Movie
Sinkhole
Movie