Acting credits
48
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Issa Rae
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.1
Moderate attention
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Movies: 23Series: 33Crew credits: 15
TMDB ID: 1455336
IMDb ID: nm4793987
Known for: Acting
Born: January 12, 1985
Age: 41
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2027
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q13560267
Also known as
Jo-Issa Rae Diop
Other jobs
Executive Producer (10)Writer (3)Producer (2)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Issa Rae.
Jun 17, 2027
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Jessica Drew (voice)
2027 Movie
10.0
Escape Room
2025 Movie
Just One
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
Contours
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
6.7
One of Them Days
Producer
2025 Movie
7.3
American Fiction
as Sintara Golden
2023 Movie
6.9
Barbie
as Barbie
2023 Movie
6.8
Gray Matter
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
8.3
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Jessica Drew (voice)
2023 Movie
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
as Self
2023 Movie
6.6
Vengeance
as Eloise
2022 Movie
4.7
Insecure: The End
as Self
2021 Movie
5.8
Coastal Elites
as Callie Josephson
2020 Movie
6.1
The Lovebirds
as Leilani
2020 Movie
6.3
The Photograph
as Mae Eames
2020 Movie
7.6
Hair Love
as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
2019 Movie
6.9
Little
as April Williams
2019 Movie
8.1
The Hate U Give
as April Ofrah
2018 Movie
Moonlight
as Rachel
2017 Movie
10.0
A Bitter Lime
as Jane Johnson
2015 Movie
5.0
Rubberhead
as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
2014 Movie
Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project
Writer
Movie
Sinkhole
Producer
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Issa Rae.
2.3
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as Self • 2 eps
2025 Series
4.1
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
9.3
Hot Ones Versus
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
5.6
Young Love
as Angela Young (voice) • 12 eps
2023 Series
1.0
Project Greenlight
as Self • 10 eps
2023 Series
5.8
The Hair Tales
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
5.6
Rap Sh!t
Writer • 2 eps
2022 Series
5.6
Roar
as Wanda Shepard • 1 eps
2022 Series
3.4
Sweet Life: Los Angeles
Executive Producer • 20 eps
2021 Series
7.5
Legendary
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2020 Series
5.8
#blackAF
as Issa Rae • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.0
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Trina • 3 eps
2019 Series
5.1
Desus & Mero
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.1
Insecure
as Issa Dee • 44 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 2 eps
2015 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.2
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
8.5
BoJack Horseman
as Dr. Indira (voice) • 2 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series