Issa Rae

Also known as Jo-Issa Rae Diop

American actress, writer and producer

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Vinony catalogs Issa Rae in its Time 100 collection (508 entries).

Within Vinony's link graph, Issa Rae is referenced by 462 other articles, and connects out to YouTube, The New York Times and Golden Globes.

Vinony files it under 1985 births, 20th-century African-American people and 20th-century African-American women.

Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.

Film & TV

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)2023
Barbie — Barbie2023

via TMDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Los Angeles
Occupation: actor
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Time 100
Notable work: Insecure
Field of work: acting
Official website: issarae.com
Image: Issa Rae, producer, writer, and actress, at SXSW 2025 01 (cropped).jpg