Cast & creator
Issa Rae
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Jo-Issa Rae Diop, JoIssa Rae Diop
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television credits
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1953–2027 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (93)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The View
Self
1997
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Black Mirror
Brandy Friday
2011
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
BoJack Horseman
Dr. Indira (voice)
2014
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Honey Queen (voice)
2026
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jessica Drew (voice)
2023
Insecure
Issa Dee
2016Insecure
Writer
2016Insecure
Executive Producer
2016Insecure
Creator
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Barbie
Barbie
2023
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Desus & Mero
Self
2019Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
2019
Hot Ones Versus
Self
2024
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Daffodil Dunham
2019A Black Lady Sketch Show
Butterfly
2019A Black Lady Sketch Show
Jess
2019A Black Lady Sketch Show
Trina
2019A Black Lady Sketch Show
Executive Producer
2019
Roar
Wanda Shepard
2022
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
One of Them Days
Producer
2025
American Fiction
Sintara Golden
2023
Hollywood Black
Self
2024
Legendary
Self - Guest Judge
2020
The Hate U Give
April Ofrah
2018
#blackAF
Issa Rae
2020
Rap Sh!t
Writer
2022Rap Sh!t
Executive Producer
2022Rap Sh!t
Creator
2022
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Jessica Drew (voice)
2027
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
Self
2025
Young Love
Angela Young (voice)
2023
Vengeance
Eloise
2022
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Self
2025Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Executive Producer
2025
The Lovebirds
Leilani
2020The Lovebirds
Executive Producer
2020
The Photograph
Mae Eames
2020The Photograph
Executive Producer
2020
The Hair Tales
Self
2022
Little
April Williams
2019
Sweet Life: Los Angeles
Executive Producer
2021
Project Greenlight
Self
2023Project Greenlight
Executive Producer
2023Picture This
2026
Gray Matter
Executive Producer
2023
Contours
Executive Producer
2025
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast
Self
2023
Escape Room
2025
Coastal Elites
Callie Josephson
2020
Moonlight
Rachel
2017One of Them Days 2
Producer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Self
2023
Insecure: The End
Self
2021Insecure: The End
Executive Producer
2021
Babies
Becky
2026
Rubberhead
Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
2014
Hair Love
Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
2019
Just One
Executive Producer
2025Juju
Producer
The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
J
2011The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
Creator
2011Good People, Bad Things
Good People, Bad Things
Producer
Dark City Beneath the Beat
Executive Producer
2020Dark City Beneath the Beat
Producer
2020Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Producer
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Producer
Killing Lazarus
Producer
2015
Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project
Writer
Sinkhole
Producer
A Bitter Lime
Jane Johnson
2015Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers
Screenplay
Perfect Strangers
Producer