About

Known credits:
44
Birthday:
1985-01-12
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Issa Rae

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2027 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Actor Jessica Drew (voice) N/A
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2025 Escape Room Actor N/A
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2023 American Fiction Actor Sintara Golden 68
Fair
2023 Young Love Actor Angela Young (voice) 69
Fair
2023 Project Greenlight Actor Self N/A
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2023 Barbie Actor Barbie 69
Fair
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Actor Jessica Drew (voice) 81
Very good
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie Actor Self N/A
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2022 Vengeance Actor Eloise 61
Fair
2021 Insecure: The End Actor Self 59
Average
2020 Coastal Elites Actor Callie Josephson 58
Average
2020 The Lovebirds Actor Leilani 60
Fair
2020 The Photograph Actor Mae Eames 60
Fair
2019 Hair Love Actor Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice) 67
Fair
2019 Little Actor April Williams 64
Fair
2018 The Hate U Give Actor April Ofrah 76
Good
2017 Moonlight Actor Rachel N/A
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2017 Jay-Z: Moonlight Actor Rachel 61
Fair
2016 Insecure Actor Issa Dee 72
Good
2015 A Bitter Lime Actor Jane Johnson 59
Average
2014 Rubberhead Actor Bride 2 (segment "Absorption") 58
Average
Untitled Set It Off Remake Actor N/A
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Perfect Strangers Actor N/A
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Good People, Bad Things Actor N/A
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American Princess Actor N/A
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Writing
Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project Writing Writer N/A
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Perfect Strangers Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2025 Just One Production Executive Producer N/A
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2025 Contours Production Executive Producer N/A
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2025 One of Them Days Production Producer 61
Fair
2023 Gray Matter Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2023 Project Greenlight Production Executive Producer N/A
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2021 Insecure: The End Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2020 The Lovebirds Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2020 The Photograph Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2016 Insecure Production Executive Producer 72
Good
Untitled One of Them Days Sequel Production Producer N/A
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Juju Production Producer N/A
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Perfect Strangers Production Producer N/A
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Untitled Set It Off Remake Production Producer N/A
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Good People, Bad Things Production Producer N/A
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Sinkhole Production Producer N/A
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Crew
The Dolls Crew Script N/A
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