Issa Rae
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Movies
- 23
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).
Upcoming Issa Rae Movies
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
June 16, 2027
Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project
Release date TBA
Sinkhole
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2027 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Jessica Drew (voice) |
| 2026 | Babies | Becky |
| 2026 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie | Honey Queen (voice) |
| 2025 | Escape Room | |
| 2023 | American Fiction | Sintara Golden |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast | Self |
| 2023 | Barbie | Barbie |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Jessica Drew (voice) |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie | Self |
| 2022 | Vengeance | Eloise |
| 2021 | Insecure: The End | Self |
| 2020 | Coastal Elites | Callie Josephson |
| 2020 | The Lovebirds | Leilani |
| 2020 | The Photograph | Mae Eames |
| 2019 | Hair Love | Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice) |
| 2019 | Little | April Williams |
| 2018 | The Hate U Give | April Ofrah |
| 2017 | Moonlight | Rachel |
| 2015 | A Bitter Lime | Jane Johnson |
| 2014 | Rubberhead | Bride 2 (segment "Absorption") |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2025 | One of Them Days | Producer |
| 2020 | Dark City Beneath the Beat | Producer |
| 2015 | Killing Lazarus | Producer |
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