- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 12, 1985
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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 …
Filmography
movieSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027 · Jessica Drew (voice)
movieThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026 · Honey Queen (voice)
Picture This
tvPicture This
2026
tvSeen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 · Self, Executive Producer
movieEscape Room
2025
tvNo Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
2025 · Self
movieJust One
2025 · Executive Producer
movieContours
2025 · Executive Producer
movieOne of Them Days
2025 · Producer
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self
tvHot Ones Versus
2024 · Self
movieAmerican Fiction
2023 · Sintara Golden
tvYoung Love
2023 · Angela Young (voice)
movieBarbie
2023 · Barbie
tvProject Greenlight
2023 · Self, Executive Producer
movieGray Matter
2023 · Executive Producer
movieSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · Jessica Drew (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
movieSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
2023 · Self
tvThe Hair Tales
2022 · Self
tvSherri
2022 · Self - Guest
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
movieVengeance
2022 · Eloise
tvRap Sh!t
2022 · Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
tvRoar
2022 · Wanda Shepard
movieInsecure: The End
2021 · Self, Executive Producer
tvSweet Life: Los Angeles
2021 · Executive Producer
movieCoastal Elites
2020 · Callie Josephson
movieDark City Beneath the Beat
2020 · Executive Producer
tvLegendary
2020 · Self - Guest Judge
movieThe Lovebirds
2020 · Leilani, Executive Producer
tv#blackAF
2020 · Issa Rae
movieThe Photograph
2020 · Mae Eames, Executive Producer
tvTamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
movieHair Love
2019 · Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
tvA Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Trina, Daffodil Dunham, Jess, Butterfly, Executive Producer
movieLittle
2019 · April Williams
tvDesus & Mero
2019 · Self, Self - Illustrious Guest
movieThe Hate U Give
2018 · April Ofrah
movieMoonlight
2017 · Rachel
tvInsecure
2016 · Issa Dee, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
tvHot Ones
2015 · Self
movieA Bitter Lime
2015 · Jane Johnson
movieKilling Lazarus
2015 · Producer
tvVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
movieRubberhead
2014 · Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
tvBoJack Horseman
2014 · Dr. Indira (voice)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
tvFinding Your Roots
2012 · Self
tvBlack Mirror
2011 · Brandy Friday
tvThe Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
2011 · J, Creator
tvConan
2010 · Self - Guest
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
tvThe View
1997 · Self
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
tvThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter
Perfect Strangers
moviePerfect Strangers
— · , Screenplay, Producer
Good People, Bad Things
movieGood People, Bad Things
— · , Producer
Untitled Set It Off Remake
movieUntitled Set It Off Remake
— · , Producer
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
movieUntitled Friendship Breakup Film
— · , Producer
Babies
movieBabies
—
Juju
movieJuju
— · Producer
movieUntitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project
— · Writer
movieSinkhole
— · Producer
One of Them Days 2
movieOne of Them Days 2
— · Producer