Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
60
Gender
Female
Birthday
January 12, 1985 (41 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Jo-Issa Rae Diop
Issa Rae
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.
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.
Known For
Acting
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Perfect Strangers
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Good People, Bad Things
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Untitled Set It Off Remake
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Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
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Babies
2027
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as
Jessica Drew (voice)
2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
as
Honey Queen (voice)
2026
Picture This
2 episode
s
2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as
Self
2 episode
s
2025
Escape Room
2025
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
as
Self
1 episode
2024
Hot Ones Versus
as
Self
1 episode
2023
American Fiction
as
Sintara Golden
2023
Young Love
as
Angela Young (voice)
12 episode
s
2023
Barbie
as
Barbie
2023
Project Greenlight
as
Self
10 episode
s
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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Jessica Drew (voice)
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
as
Self
2022
The Hair Tales
as
Self
1 episode
2022
Sherri
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as
Self
1 episode
2022
Vengeance
as
Eloise
2022
Roar
as
Wanda Shepard
1 episode
2021
Insecure: The End
as
Self
2020
Coastal Elites
as
Callie Josephson
2020
Legendary
as
Self - Guest Judge
1 episode
2020
The Lovebirds
as
Leilani
2020
#blackAF
as
Issa Rae
1 episode
2020
The Photograph
as
Mae Eames
2019
Tamron Hall
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as
Self
1 episode
2019
Hair Love
as
Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as
Trina
3 episode
s
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as
Daffodil Dunham
1 episode
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as
Jess
3 episode
s
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as
Butterfly
1 episode
2019
Little
as
April Williams
2019
Desus & Mero
as
Self
1 episode
2019
Desus & Mero
as
Self - Illustrious Guest
2 episode
s
2018
The Hate U Give
as
April Ofrah
2017
Moonlight
as
Rachel
2016
Insecure
as
Issa Dee
44 episode
s
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as
Self
2 episode
s
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as
Self
1 episode
2015
Hot Ones
as
Self
1 episode
2015
A Bitter Lime
as
Jane Johnson
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as
Self
2 episode
s
2014
Rubberhead
as
Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
2014
BoJack Horseman
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Dr. Indira (voice)
2 episode
s
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as
Self
2 episode
s
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as
Self
1 episode
2012
Finding Your Roots
as
Self
1 episode
2011
Black Mirror
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Brandy Friday
1 episode
2010
Conan
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as
Self - Guest
4 episode
s
1997
The View
as
Self
2 episode
s
1996
The Daily Show
as
Self
1 episode
1975
Saturday Night Live
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Self - Host
1 episode
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as
Self
1 episode
1953
The Oscars
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Self - Presenter
1 episode
