
About
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
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2027 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Actor | Jessica Drew (voice) | N/A N/A |
2025 | Escape Room | Actor | N/A 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 N/A |
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 N/A |
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 N/A |
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 N/A |
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Perfect Strangers | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Good People, Bad Things | Actor | N/A N/A |
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American Princess | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
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Perfect Strangers | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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2025 | Just One | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2025 | Contours | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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 N/A |
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 N/A |
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Juju | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Perfect Strangers | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Untitled Set It Off Remake | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Good People, Bad Things | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Sinkhole | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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The Dolls | Crew | Script | N/A N/A |