Discover the career path of Issa Rae, from the first major opportunity to industry-changing achievements.
Issa Rae is an American actress, writer, and producer, notably known for co-creating, co-writing, and starring in the HBO series *Insecure*. Her work on *Insecure* garnered her multiple Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominations. She is also the founder of Hoorae Media, a multimedia entertainment company.
On August 11, 2011, Issa Rae and Tracy Oliver were awarded $56,269 from 1,960 donations through Kickstarter to fund the rest of the first season of Awkward Black Girl, and released the rest of season one on Rae's YouTube channel.
In 2011, Issa Rae's web series Awkward Black Girl gained wider popularity, leading her to abandon prospects of business school and law school.
In 2011, Issa Rae's web series Awkward Black Girl premiered on YouTube.
Since 2011, Issa Rae has continued to develop her YouTube channel, which features various short films, web series, and other content created by black people.
In 2013, Issa Rae began working on a comedy series pilot with Larry Wilmore, which was eventually titled Insecure.
In 2015, HBO picked up the Insecure pilot and it was subsequently greenlit.
In 2015, Issa Rae's first book, a memoir titled The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, was released and became a New York Times bestseller.
On November 14, 2016, HBO renewed Insecure for a second season.
Following the police shooting of Alton Sterling in 2016, Issa Rae raised $700,000 for the Sterling Family Trust to help pay for the Sterling children to attend college.
In 2016, Issa Rae achieved recognition as the co-creator, co-writer, and star of the HBO television series Insecure.
In 2016, Issa Rae created the podcast called Fruit.
On July 23, 2017, the second season of Insecure premiered.
On August 8, 2017, it was announced that Insecure was renewed for a third season.
On August 12, 2018, the third season of Insecure premiered.
In 2018, Issa Rae starred in the drama The Hate U Give.
On October 11, 2019, Google announced that Issa Rae would be an additional voice to the Google Assistant.
Also in 2019, Issa Rae, through her newly launched record label Raedio, partnered with Atlantic Records to produce "Kinda Love" by singer-rapper TeaMarrr.
In 2019, Issa Rae starred in the fantasy comedy Little.
In 2020, Issa Rae and her staff supported initiatives within organizations like Black Lives Matter and BLD PWR in order to hold the police accountable and to defund the police following the rise of police brutality.
In 2020, Issa Rae starred in the romance The Photograph and the romantic comedy The Lovebirds.
Released in 2020, The Photograph follows the journey of Issa Rae's character, Mae Morton, and LaKeith Stanfield's character Michael Block, as the two search for the backstory of Mae's mother.
In March 2021, Issa Rae's production company, Hoorae, signed a five-year film and television deal with WarnerMedia.
Issa Rae's voice was available on Google Assistant until Friday, October 1, 2021.
On October 24, 2021, season five of Insecure premiered.
On December 26, 2021, the final episode of Insecure aired.
In 2021, Issa Rae's show Insecure concluded after running for five years.
In 2022, Issa Rae starred in the comedy thriller Vengeance.
In 2023, Issa Rae starred in the comedies Barbie and American Fiction and voiced Jess Drew / Spider-Woman in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
In 2023, Issa Rae was vocally supportive of the Writers Guild of America strike.
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