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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 12, 1985
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Jo-Issa Rae Diop
- Ίσα Ρέι
- ایسا رای
Issa Rae
2.2 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Issa Rae, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Jessica Drew (voice)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
7.3
Self
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
2025
9.7
Hot Ones Versus
2024
7.3
Sintara Golden
American Fiction
2023
6.9
Angela Young (voice)
Young Love
2023
7.0
Barbie
Barbie
2023
0.0
Self
Project Greenlight
2023
8.3
Jessica Drew (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
🎬
0.0
Self
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
2023
6.8
Self
The Hair Tales
2022
Credits
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Jessica Drew (voice)
2027
0.0
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
as Self
2025
7.3
Hot Ones Versus
2024
9.7
American Fiction
as Sintara Golden
2023
7.3
Young Love
as Angela Young (voice)
2023
6.9
Barbie
as Barbie
2023
7.0
Project Greenlight
as Self
2023
0.0
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Jessica Drew (voice)
2023
8.3
🎬
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
as Self
2023
0.0
The Hair Tales
as Self
2022
6.8
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
6.4
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
4.2
Vengeance
as Eloise
2022
6.6
Roar
as Wanda Shepard
2022
5.7
Insecure: The End
as Self
2021
7.9
Coastal Elites
as Callie Josephson
2020
5.9
Legendary
as Self - Guest Judge
2020
7.5
The Lovebirds
as Leilani
2020
6.1
#blackAF
as Issa Rae
2020
6.7
The Photograph
as Mae Eames
2020
6.4
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
5.1
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.4
Hair Love
as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
2019
7.6
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Trina
2019
7.2
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Daffodil Dunham
2019
7.2
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Jess
2019
7.2
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Butterfly
2019
7.2
Little
as April Williams
2019
6.9
Desus & Mero
as Self
2019
5.1
Desus & Mero
as Self - Illustrious Guest
2019
5.1
The Hate U Give
as April Ofrah
2018
8.1
Moonlight
as Rachel
2017
0.0
Insecure
as Issa Dee
2016
7.3
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.3
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
5.7
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.4
A Bitter Lime
as Jane Johnson
2015
10.0
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.4
Rubberhead
as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
2014
5.0
BoJack Horseman
as Dr. Indira (voice)
2014
8.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
6.2
Black Mirror
as Brandy Friday
2011
8.3
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
The View
as Self
1997
4.5
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
6.9
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
7.0
🎬
American Princess
N/A
0.0
🎬
Perfect Strangers
N/A
0.0
🎬
Good People, Bad Things
N/A
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