Issa Rae is best known for her Web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (2011–13) and her HBO television series Insecure (2016–21), both of which explore the experiences of young Black women in America. Insecure follows the lives of Rae’s character, also named Issa, and her best friend, Molly, as they navigate their professional and love lives as Black women in Los Angeles. Rae was the second Black woman to create and star in her own prime-time series, and the first to do so on premium cable. Before her success with Insecure, Rae produced a successful stage adaptation of Spike Lee’s School Daze and created a mockumentary Web series called Dorm Diaries.
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