Issa Rae
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.
Available on CineVibes
Full Filmography
All Credits (55)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Jessica Drew (voice)
Babies
as Becky
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as Self
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
as Self
Hollywood Black
as Self
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
American Fiction
as Sintara Golden
Young Love
as Angela Young (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast
as Self
Barbie
as Barbie
Project Greenlight
as Self
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
as Self
The Hair Tales
as Self
Sherri
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Vengeance
as Eloise
Roar
as Wanda Shepard
Insecure: The End
as Self
Coastal Elites
as Callie Josephson
Legendary
as Self - Guest Judge
The Lovebirds
as Leilani
#blackAF
as Issa Rae
The Photograph
as Mae Eames
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Hair Love
as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Butterfly
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Daffodil Dunham
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Jess
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Trina
Little
as April Williams
Desus & Mero
as Self
Desus & Mero
as Self - Illustrious Guest
The Hate U Give
as April Ofrah
Moonlight
as Rachel
Insecure
as Issa Dee
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Hot Ones
as Self
A Bitter Lime
as Jane Johnson
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Rubberhead
as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
BoJack Horseman
as Dr. Indira (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Finding Your Roots
as Self
Black Mirror
as Brandy Friday
The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
as J
Conan
as Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The View
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter