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 Pr ... imetime 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.
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Insecure
as Issa Dee
Episodes: 44
First Aired: Oct 09, 2016
Young Love
as Angela Young (voice)
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Sep 21, 2023
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Jess
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Aug 02, 2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Trina
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Aug 02, 2019
BoJack Horseman
as Dr. Indira (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 22, 2014
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Daffodil Dunham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Butterfly
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2019
Roar
as Wanda Shepard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 15, 2022
#blackAF
as Issa Rae
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 17, 2020
Project Greenlight
as Self
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jul 13, 2023
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
The View
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Desus & Mero
as Self - Illustrious Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 21, 2019
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Finding Your Roots
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 2012
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
Desus & Mero
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 21, 2019
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Hot Ones
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 12, 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Legendary
as Self - Guest Judge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 27, 2020
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2015
The Hair Tales
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 22, 2022
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 02, 1973
Hot Ones Versus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 31, 2024
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 23, 2025
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