Issa Rae was born on January 12, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Insecure (2016), The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (2011) and 小人物 (2019).
Received the "Vanguard Award" at the 10th annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood event, February, 2017.
She considered going to business school or law school before her acting career began.
She grew up in Maryland and Los Angeles and spent a short period in Dakar, Senegal.
Graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with a major in African and African-American Studies.
Her father, Abdoulaye Diop, is a doctor from Senegal and her mother, Delyna (Hayward), is a teacher, who is African-American, from Louisiana.
She first began writing and acting while in college.
Merited a place in TIME magazine's ''The 100 Most Influential People'' (pioneers) with an homage penned by 敏迪·卡灵 [April 2018].
