Issa Rae
Issa Rae
12.01.1985 (39 years) (Los Angeles, California, USA)
Jo-Issa Rae Diop (born January 12, 1985), 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, entitled 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.