Issa Rae
Acting • Born 1985-01-12
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.
Filmography
58 credits
Insecure: The End
Movie • 2021
Self
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2027
Jessica Drew (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2023
Jessica Drew (voice)
Barbie
Movie • 2023
Barbie
American Fiction
Movie • 2023
Sintara Golden
A Bitter Lime
Movie • 2015
Jane Johnson
The Hate U Give
Movie • 2018
April Ofrah
Little
Movie • 2019
April Williams
The Lovebirds
Movie • 2020
Leilani
The Photograph
Movie • 2020
Mae Eames
Hair Love
Movie • 2019
Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
Perfect Strangers
Movie
Vengeance
Movie • 2022
Eloise
Rubberhead
Movie • 2014
Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
Coastal Elites
Movie • 2020
Callie Josephson
Moonlight
Movie • 2017
Rachel
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Movie • 2023
Self
Good People, Bad Things
Movie
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Movie
Escape Room
Movie • 2025
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Movie
Babies
Movie
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Movie • 2026
Honey Queen (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Desus & Mero
TV • 2019
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Young Love
TV • 2023
Angela Young (voice)
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Project Greenlight
TV • 2023
Self
Insecure
TV • 2016
Issa Dee
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Legendary
TV • 2020
Self - Guest Judge
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV • 2019
Daffodil Dunham
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV • 2019
Butterfly
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV • 2019
Jess
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV • 2019
Trina
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Desus & Mero
TV • 2019
Self - Illustrious Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter
Roar
TV • 2022
Wanda Shepard
#blackAF
TV • 2020
Issa Rae
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Dr. Indira (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
The Hair Tales
TV • 2022
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Hot Ones Versus
TV • 2024
Self
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
TV • 2025
Self
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Brandy Friday
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV • 2025
Self