Biography
Issa Rae
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,…
Career works
57
Movies
23
Series
34
Career average
6.1/10
Birth date
01/12/1985
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026 · 8.2
Escape Room
2025 · 8.2
American Fiction
2023 · 7.3
Barbie
2023 · 6.9
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · 8.3
Vengeance
2022 · 6.6
Insecure: The End
2021 · 4.7
Coastal Elites
2020 · 5.8
The Lovebirds
2020 · 6.1
The Photograph
2020 · 6.3
Hair Love
2019 · 7.6
Little
2019 · 6.8
The Hate U Give
2018 · 8.1
Moonlight
2017
Series
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 · 2.1
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
2025 · 4.1
Hollywood Black
2024 · 5.0
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · 8.8
Young Love
2023 · 5.6
Project Greenlight
2023 · 1.0
The Hair Tales
2022 · 5.8
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · 5.6
Sherri
2022 · 2.6
Roar
2022 · 5.6
Legendary
2020 · 7.6
#blackAF
2020 · 5.9
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · 6.4
Tamron Hall
2019 · 4.7
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · 7.0