Issa Rae
Biography
Issa Rae is an American performer, writer and producer who first drew notice through her YouTube series Awkward Black Girl, which she made and headlined between 2011 and 2013. She then helped create and write the HBO comedy Insecure, in which she also starred from 2016 to 2021, earning Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominations for her acting. Her 2015 memoir, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, reached the New York Times bestseller list, and in 2020 she launched the production company Hoorae Media. On screen she has appeared in The Hate U Give (2018), Little (2019), The Photograph (2020), The Lovebirds (2020), Vengeance (2022), Barbie (2023) and American Fiction (2023). She lent her voice to the short Hair Love (2019) and played Spider-Woman in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). The Peabody Awards honored her as a Trailblazer, and the Producers Guild of America gave her its Visionary Award.
41years old
Turns 42 on January 12in 89 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Jo-Issa Rae Diop
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 8 years2018 to 2026
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Behind the camera
Rae released her first book, the memoir The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, in 2015. It went on to become a New York Times bestseller.
Beyond film
Google announced on October 11, 2019, that Rae would join the Google Assistant as an additional voice. Saying "Ok Google, talk like Issa" made the Assistant speak in her voice, which was available until Friday, October 1, 2021.
Issa Rae movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023 Action, Adventure, Animationas Jessica Drewvoice
IMDb rating 8.5553K votes
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Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Issa Rae's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.2 billion
8 of the 11 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 11 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.4B44.5% of the total
- 2$1.0B31.1% of the total
- 3$691M21.3% of the total
- 4$35M1.1% of the total
- 5$22M0.7% of the total
- 6$21M0.6% of the total
- 7$17M0.5% of the total
- 8$4.2M0.1% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 2017 to 2022.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Time 100 | Honored | |
| 2018 | Time 100 | Honored | |
| 2017 | OkayAfrica 100 Women | Won | |
| Gracie Awards | Won | ||
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