Issa Rae
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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Movies (33)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027 · Jessica Drew (voice)
Babies
2027 · Becky
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026 · Honey Queen (voice)
Escape Room
2025
Contours
2025 · Executive Producer
Uno de esos días
2025 · Producer
Just One
2024 · Executive Producer
Ficción Estadounidense
2023 · Sintara Golden
Barbie
2023 · Barbie
Materia Gris
2023 · Executive Producer
Spider-Man: A través del Spider-Verso
2023 · Jessica Drew (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
2023 · Self
Venganza
2022 · Eloise
Insecure: The End
2021 · Self, Executive Producer
Las élites de la costa
2020 · Callie Josephson
Dark City Beneath the Beat
2020 · Executive Producer, Producer
Dos tórtolos
2020 · Leilani, Executive Producer
La fotografía
2020 · Mae Eames, Executive Producer
Hair Love
2019 · Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
Pequeña... otra vez
2019 · April Williams
El odio que das
2018 · April Ofrah
Moonlight
2017 · Rachel
A Bitter Lime
2015 · Jane Johnson
Killing Lazarus
2015 · Producer
Rubberhead
2014 · Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
Perfect Strangers
· Screenplay, Producer
Good People, Bad Things
· Producer
Untitled Set It Off Remake
· Producer
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
· Producer
Juju
· Producer
Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project
· Writer
Sinkhole
· Producer
One of Them Days 2
· Producer
TV shows (37)
Picture This
2026
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 · Self, Executive Producer
Sabores del mundo con antoni porowski
2025 · Self
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · Self
Young Love
2023 · Angela Young (voice)
Project Greenlight
2023 · Self, Executive Producer
Historias de orgullo
2022 · Self
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Maldito Rap
2022 · Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
Roar
2022 · Wanda Shepard
Sweet Life: Los Angeles
2021 · Executive Producer
Legendary
2020 · Self - Guest Judge
#blackAF
2020 · Issa Rae
The Tamron Hall Show
2019 · Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Daffodil Dunham, Butterfly, Jess, Trina, Executive Producer
Desus & Mero
2019 · Self, Self - Illustrious Guest
Insecure
2016 · Issa Dee, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Dr. Indira (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Self
Black Mirror
2011 · Brandy Friday
The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
2011 · J, Creator
Conan
2010 · Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The View
1997 · Self
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter