Issa Rae Bio, Family, Career, Husband, Net Worth, Metrics

Issa Rae is an American actress, producer, and writer who first rose to fame for her work in the YouTube series titled Awkward Black Girl. She has been noted for her work in several Hollywood projects, including being the co-creator, co-writer and star of the HBO television series Insecure. She has also voiced for animated films and series like Hair Love, Untitled Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel and BoJack Horseman.

In addition to her on-screen works, she is the author of her first book, a memoir titled ‘The Misadventures of a Clumsy Black Girl’. The book was released in 2015 and it was listed as a New York Times bestseller at the time. Scroll to find out more about her while reading about her relationships and net worth.

ISSA RAE: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, CAREER

The Hollywood personality was born on January 12, 1985 as Jo-Issa Rae Diop. She was raised by her parents Abdoulaye and Delyna Diop in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. However, she spent some of her early years moving to different places like Dakar, Senegal, and Potomac, Maryland. Her father is a pediatrician and neonatologist from Senegal while her mother, Delyna Diop, is a teacher. Her parents divorced when she was in high school after moving to Los Angeles.

While in Maryland, she attended a local high school through sixth grade. She later moved to the affluent View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, then attended a predominantly black college. Additionally, she graduated from King Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. At the time, she also started her acting career. She was a graduate of Stanford University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in African and African-American Studies.

While in college, she met Tracy Oliver who helped produce Awkward Black Girl which premiered on YouTube in 2011. Rae and Oliver had attended classes at the New York Film Academy together and Rae had done several odd jobs to support herself. to his financial needs. Some of her popular projects as an actress and producer include 2016 ‘Insecure’, 2020 ‘The Photograph’ and 2020 ‘The Love Birds’. Besides that, her other acting roles include screen projects like The Hate U Give, Hair Love, How Men Become Dogs, Black Actress, The Choir, and Rap Sh*t.

ISSA RAE: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND

Coming to her love life, she is no longer single and besides, she got married recently. She married her longtime boyfriend Louis Diame, whom she had met before the year 2012. The couple married in a private ceremony in France in July 2021 and share a one-to-one relationship. the other. She also publicly made her first engagement ring on the cover of Essence magazine’s April 2019 issue.

There is not much about Senegalese businessman Daime in the media. However, he listed his profession as independent banking in the Greater Los Angeles area. Additionally, the businessman has made public appearances with his wife and also on Rae’s popular YouTube series ‘Misadventures of Awkard Black Girl’.

ISSA RAE: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Regarding her income, she has earned a lot of money from her acting career in the entertainment industry. Therefore, she has about 4 million dollars. She also bought a few properties, including $1.1 million homes in California and Florida. Moreover, she bought a luxury car like Porsche.

She has a verified and personal Instagram account @issarae with 3.2 million followers. On Twitter, she goes through the handle @IssaRae with 1.5 million followers. She has a verified Facebook account under her name with over 84.6k followers.

ISSA RAE: BODY MEASUREMENTS

She has a slim and attractive body that measures 33-28-34 inches in chest-waist-hips respectively. His body is 5 feet 8 inches or 1.73 meters tall and weighs around 59 kg. She has brown curly hair color with brown eye color.