Issa Rae

With her own unique flare and infectious sense of humor, Rae first received attention for her award-winning web series and the accompanying New York Times best-seller, "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl." She created and starred in the Peabody-award-winning HBO series, INSECURE, which garnered her multiple Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominations. Her acclaimed follow up series for Max, RAP SH!T, debuts its second season in the Fall. Rae has also made her mark on the big screen, starring in Greta Gerwig’s cotton candy-colored comedy BARBIE, which dominated theaters as the biggest box-office hit of the summer and SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Sony’s highest-grossing animated release in history.

In 2020 Rae formed HOORAE, a multi-faceted media company that develops content across mediums in an effort to continue to break boundaries in storytelling and representation. HOORAE is comprised of HOORAE Media for film, tv and digital; Raedio, the music label and more.