Issa Rae
Known for: Acting
Born: January 12, 1985
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 T…
Known for
Insecure: The End
2021
The Lovebirds
2020
The Photograph
2020
Hair Love
2019
Perfect Strangers
Good People, Bad Things
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Little
2019
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Babies
A Bitter Lime
2015
Vengeance
2022
Moonlight
2017
Barbie
2023
Coastal Elites
2020
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
The Hate U Give
2018
Escape Room
2025
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026
American Fiction
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
2023
Saturday Night Live
1975
Finding Your Roots
2012
The Daily Show
1996
Desus & Mero
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Young Love
2023
Hot Ones
2015
Project Greenlight
2023
Insecure
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Sherri
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Legendary
2020
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
The View
1997
The Oscars
1953
Roar
2022
#blackAF
2020
BoJack Horseman
2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Rubberhead
2014
The Hair Tales
2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Hot Ones Versus
2024
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
2025
Black Mirror
2011
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
Picture This
2026
Conan
2010
Hollywood Black
2024
The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
2011