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Jo-Issa Rae Diop, known as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, and producer. She first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl. Since 2011, Rae has continued to develop her YouTube channel, which features various short films, web series, and other content created by people of color. She subsequently gained further recognition for creating, co-writing, and starring in the HBO television series Insecure. For her acting work on Insecure, she has received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Rae has released one memoir, titled The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. Rae co-starred in Little and had a supporting role in the The Hate U Give. She stars in two 2020 movies, the drama The Photograph and the upcoming romantic comedy The Lovebirds.
Born
Saturday, 12 January 1985
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman / Spider-Woman (voice) | 2024 |
| The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Nominee & Presenter | 2024 |
| American Fiction | Sintara Golden | 2023 |
| Young Love | (voice) / Angela Young | 2023 |
| The Barbie Story | Self - Unlikely President Barbie | 2023 |
| Barbie | Barbie | 2023 |
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
| Project Greenlight: A New Generation | Self | 2023 |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman (voice) | 2023 |
| 54th NAACP Image Awards | Self - Presenter | 2023 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Gray Matter | 2023 |
| Project Greenlight: A New Generation | 2023 |
| Sweet Life: Los Angeles | 2021 |
| Dark City Beneath the Beat | 2020 |
| The Lovebirds | 2020 |
| The Photograph | 2020 |
| A Black Lady Sketch Show | 2019 |
| Insecure | 2016 |
| Killing Lazarus | 2015 |
| First | 2014 |
| Little Horribles | 2013 |
| How Men Become Dogs | 2013 |
| Roomieloverfriends | 2012 |
| The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl | 2011 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Nominated |
| 2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Nominated |
| 2018 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy | Nominated |
| 2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2017 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy | Nominated |
