Issa Rae
Also known as Jo-Issa Rae Diop
American actress, writer and producer
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- The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
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Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse — Jessica Drew (voice)2027
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie — Honey Queen (voice)2026
- Picture This2026
- Escape Room2025
- No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski — Self2025
- Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television — Self2025
- Hot Ones Versus — Self2024
- Hollywood Black — Self2024
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Jessica Drew (voice)
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1985 births20th-century African-American people20th-century African-American women21st-century African-American actresses21st-century American actresses21st-century American screenwritersActresses from Los AngelesActresses from MarylandAfrican-American comediansAfrican-American screenwritersAfrican-American women comediansAfrican-American women screenwriters