How ‘Insecure’ Star Issa Rae Is Changing Television: ‘I Just Wanted a Balance’

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The creator and star of the critically acclaimed new HBO series opens up about her vision and what drives her to achieve greatness.

Published Oct. 18 2016 1:54AM EDT

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The funniest, most original voice on TV this fall belongs to an awkward black girl: Issa Rae, creator and star of HBO’s singular new comedy Insecure.

Rae is the first black woman to create and star in her own show since Wanda Sykes’s Wanda at Large went off the air in...

Melissa Leon

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How ‘Insecure’ Star Issa Rae Is Changing Television: ‘I Just Wanted a Balance’

The creator and star of the critically acclaimed new HBO series opens up about her vision and what drives her to achieve greatness.

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Melissa Leon