Issa Rae

Acting · Born 1985-01-12 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

Filmography

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Jessica Drew (voice)
• Barbie as Barbie
• American Fiction as Sintara Golden
• The Hate U Give as April Ofrah
• Hair Love as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
• Insecure: The End as Self
• A Bitter Lime as Jane Johnson
• Little as April Williams
• The Lovebirds as Leilani
• The Photograph as Mae Eames

TV

• BoJack Horseman as Dr. Indira (voice)
• Black Mirror as Brandy Friday
• Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
• Finding Your Roots as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• Desus & Mero as Self
• Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
• Young Love as Angela Young (voice)
• Hot Ones as Self