Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 12, 1985
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Issa Rae
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Jessica Drew (voice) |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Jessica Drew (voice) |
| 2023 | Barbie | Barbie |
| 2023 | American Fiction | Sintara Golden |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie | Self |
| 2022 | Vengeance | Eloise |
| 2021 | Insecure: The End | Self |
| 2020 | The Lovebirds | Leilani |
| 2020 | The Photograph | Mae Eames |
| 2020 | Coastal Elites | Callie Josephson |
| 2019 | Little | April Williams |
| 2019 | Hair Love | Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice) |
| 2018 | The Hate U Give | April Ofrah |
| 2017 | Moonlight | Rachel |
| 2015 | A Bitter Lime | Jane Johnson |
| 2014 | Rubberhead | Bride 2 (segment "Absorption") |
| American Princess | ||
| Perfect Strangers | ||
| Good People, Bad Things |