Issa Rae
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jessica Drew (voice)
2023
Series
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Film
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Honey Queen (voice)
2026
Series
Black Mirror
Brandy Friday
2011
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Series
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
BoJack Horseman
Dr. Indira (voice)
2014
Series
Desus & Mero
Self
2019
Series
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
2019
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
Barbie
Barbie
2023
Series
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Series
Insecure
Issa Dee
2016
Series
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Series
Hot Ones Versus
Self
2024
Series
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Film
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Jessica Drew (voice)
2027
Series
Roar
Wanda Shepard
2022
Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Butterfly
2019
Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Daffodil Dunham
2019
Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Jess
2019
Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Trina
2019
Film
The Hate U Give
April Ofrah
2018
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
Hollywood Black
Self
2024
Series
Legendary
Self - Guest Judge
2020
Series
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
Self
2025
Series
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Self
2025
Series
#blackAF
Issa Rae
2020
Series
Young Love
Angela Young (voice)
2023
Film
American Fiction
Sintara Golden
2023
Film
The Lovebirds
Leilani
2020
Series
The Hair Tales
Self
2022
Film
Little
April Williams
2019
Film
The Photograph
Mae Eames
2020
Film
Vengeance
Eloise
2022
Series
Project Greenlight
Self
2023
Film
Hair Love
Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
2019
Film
Moonlight
Rachel
2017
Picture This
2026
Film
Escape Room
2025
Film
Coastal Elites
Callie Josephson
2020
Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast
Self
2023
Series
The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
J
2011
Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Self
2023
Babies
Film
Rubberhead
Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
2014
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Film
Insecure: The End
Self
2021
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Good People, Bad Things
Perfect Strangers
Film
A Bitter Lime
Jane Johnson
2015