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Issa Rae

Jo-Issa 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, titled ''The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl'', became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Rae formed the production company Hoorae Media in 2020.

Rae has also featured in films, with roles in the drama ''The Hate U Give'' (2018); the fantasy comedy ''Little'' (2019); the romance ''The Photograph'' (2020); the romantic comedy ''The Lovebirds'' (2020); the comedy thriller ''Vengeance'' (2022); and the comedies ''Barbie'' and ''American Fiction'' (both 2023). She also had a voice role in the short film ''Hair Love'' (2019) and voiced Jess Drew / Spider-Woman in ''Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' (2023).

In 2018 and 2022, Rae was included in the annual ''Time'' 100 list of the most influential people in the world, and in 2014 in the ''Forbes '30 Under 30''' list in the entertainment section. She was recognized with the Peabody Trailblazer Award and the Producers Guild of America Visionary Award. Provided by Wikipedia