Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born January 12, 1985
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.
MovieSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
as Jessica Drew (voice)
MovieThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026
as Honey Queen (voice)
Picture This
2026
TVSeen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
as Self
MovieEscape Room
2025
TVNo Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
2025
as Self
TVHollywood Black
2024
as Self
TVHot Ones Versus
2024
as Self
MovieAmerican Fiction
2023
as Sintara Golden
TVYoung Love
2023
as Angela Young (voice)
MovieBarbie
2023
as Barbie
TVProject Greenlight
2023
as Self
MovieSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Jessica Drew (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
2023
as Self
TVThe Hair Tales
2022
as Self
TVSherri
2022
as Self - Guest
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
MovieVengeance
2022
as Eloise
TVRoar
2022
as Wanda Shepard
MovieInsecure: The End
2021
as Self
MovieCoastal Elites
2020
as Callie Josephson
TVLegendary
2020
as Self - Guest Judge
MovieThe Lovebirds
2020
as Leilani
TV#blackAF
2020
as Issa Rae
MovieThe Photograph
2020
as Mae Eames
TVTamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieHair Love
2019
as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
TVA Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Trina
MovieLittle
2019
as April Williams
TVDesus & Mero
2019
as Self
MovieThe Hate U Give
2018
as April Ofrah
MovieMoonlight
2017
as Rachel
TVInsecure
2016
as Issa Dee
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
TVHot Ones
2015
as Self
MovieA Bitter Lime
2015
as Jane Johnson
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieRubberhead
2014
as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
TVBoJack Horseman
2014
as Dr. Indira (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
TVFinding Your Roots
2012
as Self
TVBlack Mirror
2011
as Brandy Friday
TVThe Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
2011
as J
TVConan
2010
as Self - Guest
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
Perfect Strangers
Good People, Bad Things
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Babies
