Issa Rae

JoIssa Rae Diop born January 12 1985 known professionally as Issa Rae is an American actress writer and producer She achieved recognition as the cocreator cowriter and star of the HBO comedy series Insecure 20162021 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 20112013 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 Vengeance2022 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 SpiderWoman in SpiderMan Across the SpiderVerse 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia