Issa Rae

Issa Rae

1985-01-12 Los Angeles, California, USA 34 Credits

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 T...

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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

2027

as Jessica Drew (voice)

Acting

Miles Morales is now a fugitive on the run from every other Spider in the multiverse, and Gwen and his other friends might not be enough to help him.

Just One

2025

Executive Producer

Producing

Struggling musician Amaru meets mischievous ball of energy Shai while performing a low-end gig at his local community center. When Shai’s parents don’...

Contours

Contours

2025

Executive Producer

Producing

Upon using a modern art museum as the setting for a role play game that goes hopelessly awry, a deaf couple desperate to rekindle their spark finds th...

One of Them Days

One of Them Days

2025

Producer

6.7
Producing

Best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the ...

American Fiction

American Fiction

2023

as Sintara Golden

7.3
Acting

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypoc...

Gray Matter

Gray Matter

2023

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

All her life, Aurora has been taught by her mother that the superhuman abilities they possess, the abilities that make them unique, also make them dan...

Barbie

Barbie

2023

as Barbie

7.0
Acting

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

as Jessica Drew (voice)

8.3
Acting

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the S...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie

2023

as Self

Acting

Writing, pre-production and the challenges of crafting a sequel to a game-changing film, as told by the filmmakers who worked so hard to push Across t...

Vengeance

Vengeance

2022

as Eloise

6.6
Acting

A journalist and podcaster from New York City travels to West Texas in order to report on the death of a girl he was hooking up with.

Insecure: The End

Insecure: The End

2021

as Self

7.9
Acting

A documentary which follows the cast and crew of HBO’s Insecure throughout the filming of the final season, tracing the show’s cultural impact.

Insecure: The End

Insecure: The End

2021

Executive Producer

7.9
Producing

A documentary which follows the cast and crew of HBO’s Insecure throughout the filming of the final season, tracing the show’s cultural impact.

Coastal Elites

Coastal Elites

2020

as Callie Josephson

5.9
Acting

A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the...

The Lovebirds

The Lovebirds

2020

as Leilani

6.1
Acting

A couple experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery. As their journey to clear th...

The Lovebirds

The Lovebirds

2020

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

A couple experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery. As their journey to clear th...

The Photograph

The Photograph

2020

as Mae Eames

6.4
Acting

When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a...

The Photograph

The Photograph

2020

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a...

Hair Love

Hair Love

2019

as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)

7.6
Acting

When dad has to unexpectedly step in for mom to do his daughter Zuri’s hair before a big event, what seems like a simple task is anything but as these...

Little

Little

2019

as April Williams

6.9
Acting

Jordan Sanders, a take-no-prisoners tech mogul, wakes up one morning in the body of her 13-year-old self right before a do-or-die presentation. Her be...

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

2018

as April Ofrah

8.1
Acting

Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her u...

Moonlight

Moonlight

2017

as Rachel

Acting

A look at an all-Black cast reboot of the TV show "Friends".

A Bitter Lime

A Bitter Lime

2015

as Jane Johnson

10.0
Acting

A young, wealthy but hopelessly bored couple abandons their posh corporate life in Los Angeles to escape to the Caribbean for what they hope to be a c...

Rubberhead

Rubberhead

2014

as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")

5.0
Acting

Sarah Silverman hosts the first episode of Rubberhead - a night of comedy shorts featuring some of her favorite performers. With comedy from Nathan Ba...

American Princess

N/A

Acting

An American woman is drawn into a world of wealth and high society when she unexpectedly falls in love during a trip to London.

Perfect Strangers

N/A

Acting

A group of friends at a dinner party decide to play a risky game where they place their phones face-up on the table and agree to make all texts and ph...

Good People, Bad Things

N/A

Acting

An overwhelmed woman gets lost in a seemingly infinite parking garage and soon discovers she is not alone.

Untitled Set It Off Remake

N/A

Acting

A remake of Set It Off.

Juju

N/A

Producer

Producing

An upcoming horror comedy project from Universal Pictures

Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project

Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project

N/A

Writer

Writing

Plot speculated. Story pitched on Twitter centers on a scheming character (Rihanna) and her computer-smart best friend (Lupita Nyong'o).

Perfect Strangers

N/A

Screenplay, Producer

Writing Producing

A group of friends at a dinner party decide to play a risky game where they place their phones face-up on the table and agree to make all texts and ph...

Sinkhole

Sinkhole

N/A

Producer

Producing

A young family moves into their dream home, except for the mysterious gaping sinkhole in the backyard which manages to fix broken and destroyed things...

Good People, Bad Things

N/A

Producer

Producing

An overwhelmed woman gets lost in a seemingly infinite parking garage and soon discovers she is not alone.

Untitled One of Them Days Sequel

N/A

Producer

Producing

The sequel to the 2024 comedy. Plot TBA.

Untitled Set It Off Remake

N/A

Producer

Producing

A remake of Set It Off.