Hottest pictures of Issa Rae. The American actress, producer, and writer who is well-known for her YouTube series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and her role as Issa Dee in the television series Insecure is none other than Issa Rae. She was born on 12th January in 1985 in Los Angeles, California, in the U.S.
Her mother is Delyna Diop and her mother is Abdoulaye Diop. In 2007, she earned her graduate degree in African-American studies from Stanford University. Issa also earned a theatre fellowship at The Public Theatre. Issa premiered the web series Awkward Black Girl on YouTube in 2011. She played the role J in the series.
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Later Issa partnered with Pharell for season two of the series on his YouTube channel iamOTHER. From 2012-2013, Issa played Lisa’s role in The Number. She also had a role in the series Instacurity in 2013. From 2013-2014, Issa produced the series The Choir. She gained fame for her role as Issa Dee in the series Insecure.
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Issa is playing the role since 2016. She also has executive-produced series like A Black Lady Sketch Show, Rap Sh*t, Roomieloverfriend, Little Horribles, How Men Become Dog, etc. In 2014, Issa took part in the short film Hard Times. She also played a police role in the short film Protect and Serve.
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In 2018, Issa was cast as April Ofrah in the film The Hate U Give. The following year, she played April Williams’ role in Little. She also provided her voice as Mom in Hair Love in 2019. In 2020, Issa went on to lend her voice as Spider-woman in Untitled Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel. She will appear in the film Vengeance.
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In 2015, Issa’s memoir The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl was published. In 2019, Issa got engaged to her longtime boyfriend Louis Diame. She won the Black Reel Award, Satellite Award, BET Award, NAACP Image Award, etc.