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Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)

Awards

Insecure

43 wins & 136 nominations

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Nena Erb
    2021 Nominee Eddie
    • Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television
    • Nena Erb
    S4.E9 Lowkey Trying (2020)
  • Nena Erb
    2019 Nominee Eddie
    • Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television
    • Nena Erb
    Episode: "Obsessed-Like (2018)"

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

  • Ava Berkofsky
    2021 Nominee ASC Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episode of a Half-Hour Television Series
    • Ava Berkofsky
    Episode: "Lowkey Lost (2020)"

BET Awards

  • Issa Rae
    2022 Nominee BET Award
    • Best Actress
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2019 Nominee BET Award
    • Best Actress
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2018 Nominee BET Award
    • Best Actress
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2017 Nominee BET Award
    • Best Actress
    • Issa Rae

Critics Choice Awards

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2022 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Comedy Series
  • Issa Rae
    2022 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2021 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2019 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae

Casting Society of America, USA

  • Victoria Thomas at an event for EE British Academy Film Awards (2020)
    2021 Nominee Artios Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Series - Comedy
    • Victoria Thomas
  • Victoria Thomas at an event for EE British Academy Film Awards (2020)
    2019 Nominee Artios Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Series - Comedy
    • Victoria Thomas
  • Victoria Thomas at an event for EE British Academy Film Awards (2020)
    2018 Nominee Artios Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Pilot and First Season - Comedy
    • Victoria Thomas

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Issa Rae
    2022 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae
    For playing: "Issa".
  • Nena Erb
    2022 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
    • Nena Erb (editor)
    For "Choices, Okay?! (2021)"
  • Ava Berkofsky
    2022 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
    • Ava Berkofsky (director of photography)
    For "Reunited, Okay?! (2021)"
  • Issa Rae
    2020 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae (executive producer)
    • Prentice Penny (executive producer)
    • Melina Matsoukas (executive producer)
    • Dave Becky (executive producer)
    • Jonathan Berry (executive producer)
    • Amy Aniobi (executive producer)
    • Jim Kleverweis (executive producer)
    • Phil Augusta Jackson (co-executive producer)
    • Laura Kittrell (co-executive producer)
    • Deniese Davis (supervising producer)
    • Natasha Rothwell (supervising producer)
  • Issa Rae
    2020 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae
    For playing: "Issa".

Golden Globes, USA

  • Issa Rae
    2022 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2018 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2017 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Issa Rae

Satellite Awards

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2021 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical
  • Issa Rae
    2021 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2019 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical
  • Issa Rae
    2019 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2018 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
    • Issa Rae

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2022 Winner Image Award
    • Outstanding Comedy Series
  • Jay Ellis
    2022 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Jay Ellis
  • Issa Rae
    2022 Winner Image Award
    • Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae
  • Yvonne Orji in Insecure (2016)
    2022 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Yvonne Orji
  • Kendrick Sampson at an event for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
    2022 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Kendrick Sampson

MTV Movie + TV Awards

  • Issa Rae
    2021 Nominee MTV Movie + TV Award
    • Best Comedic Performance
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2018 Nominee MTV Movie + TV Award
    • Best Performance in a Show
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2017 Nominee MTV Movie + TV Award
    • Show of the Year
  • Issa Rae
    2017 Nominee MTV Movie + TV Award
    • Next Generation
    • Issa Rae

NAMIC Vision Awards

  • Issa Rae
    2022 Nominee Vision Award
    • Best Performance - Comedy
    • Issa Rae
  • Kendrick Sampson at an event for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
    2022 Nominee Vision Award
    • Best Performance - Comedy
    • Kendrick Sampson
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2022 Winner Vision Award
    • Comedy
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2021 Winner Vision Award
    • Comedy
  • Issa Rae
    2021 Winner Vision Award
    • Best Performance - Comedy
    • Issa Rae

Peabody Awards

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2017 Winner Peabody Award
    • Winner
    Issa Rae delivers a groundbreaking series that captures the lives of everyday young black people in Los Angeles with a fresh and authentic take. Breaking away from tired and familiar representations of "diversity" on television, this series offers a fun and intimate portrayal of work, relationships, and the ordinary experiences of the two young black women at its center.

People's Choice Awards, USA

  • Issa Rae
    2020 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Favorite Comedy TV Star
    • Issa Rae

Television Critics Association Awards

  • Issa Rae
    2020 Nominee TCA Award
    • Individual Achievement in Comedy
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2020 Nominee TCA Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
  • Issa Rae
    2017 Nominee TCA Award
    • Individual Achievement in Comedy
    • Issa Rae

California on Location Awards

  • 2021 Winner COLA
    • Location Manager of the Year - Episodic Television - Half Hour
    • Carolyn Schultz
  • Tony Ware
    2021 Winner COLA
    • Location Team of the Year - Episodic Television - Half Hour
    • Diane Friedman (supervising location manager)
    • Jenny Caloca (location manager/scout)
    • Lisa Blok-Linson (key assistant location manager)
    • Tierre Kennedy (key assistant location manager)
    • Laura Lee Kasten (key assistant location manager)
    • Ronald Parel (key assistant location manager)
    • Jeff Rubinstein (key assistant location manager)
    • Tony Ware (key assistant location manager)
    • Steve Kovacic (key assistant location manager)
    • Alison A. Taylor (location consultant)
    • Michael Borushek (assistant location manager)
    • Jahlon Wright (assistant location manager)
    • Ana Ibáñez (assistant location manager)
    • Michael Fricke (assistant location manager)

AFI Awards, USA

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2018 Winner AFI Award
    • TV Program of the Year
    INSECURE exudes confidence as it steps into its second year - growing more tenacious with each brilliant episode. Creator, writer, producer and star Issa Rae is a wonder to behold - a supernova of personality that shines bright in this diary of daily life. From commitment to career - friendships to relationships - her aggressive self-assurance in the face of hapless misadventures make this hella great television.

Gracie Allen Awards

  • Issa Rae
    2018 Winner Gracie
    • Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy or Musical
    • Issa Rae

Set Decorators Society of America, USA

  • Kay Lee
    2022 Nominee SDSA Award
    • Best Achievement in Decor/Design of a Half-Hour Single Camera Series
    • Amber Haley (set decoration)
    • Kay Lee (production design)

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2018 Winner AAFCA Award
    • Best TV Comedy
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2017 Winner AAFCA Award
    • Top 10 TV Shows
    3rd place
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2016 Winner AAFCA Award
    • Top 10 TV Shows
    4th place

The Webby Awards

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2021 Winner Webby Award
    • Virtual & Remote - Best Performance
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2021 Nominee Webby Award
    • Virtual & Remote - Media & Entertainment

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2017 Nominee Dorian Award
    • TV Comedy of the Year

Online Film & Television Association

  • Issa Rae
    2022 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2020 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2020 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Direction in a Comedy Series
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2018 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Music in a Series

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2018 Nominee INOCA TV
    • Program of the Year
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2018 Nominee INOCA TV
    • Best Comedy Series
  • Issa Rae
    2018 Nominee INOCA TV
    • Best Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae
  • Yvonne Orji in Insecure (2016)
    2018 Nominee INOCA TV
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Yvonne Orji
  • Yvonne Orji in Insecure (2016)
    2017 Nominee INOCA TV
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Yvonne Orji

Gold Derby Awards

  • Issa Rae
    2020 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Actress
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2020 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Series
  • Issa Rae
    2018 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Actress
    • Issa Rae
  • Issa Rae
    2017 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Lead Actress
    • Issa Rae

Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

  • Kier Lehman
    2023 Winner GMS Award
    • Best Music Supervision for Television Comedy or Musical
    • Kier Lehman
  • Kier Lehman
    2021 Winner GMS Award
    • Best Music Supervision for Television Comedy or Musical
    • Kier Lehman
    Tied with Manish Raval, Alison Moses, and Tom Wolfe for High Fidelity (2020) and Robin Urdang for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
  • Victoria Monét
    2019 Nominee GMS Award
    • Best Song/Recording Created for Television
    • Victoria Monét (recording artist)
    • Willie Hutch (songwriter)
    • Kier Lehman (music supervisor)
    Song: "The Glow" for episode 308 "Ghost-Like (2018)"
  • Kier Lehman
    2019 Nominee GMS Award
    • Best Music Supervision for Television Comedy or Musical
    • Kier Lehman
  • SZA
    2018 Winner GMS Award
    • Best Song/Recording Created for Television
    • SZA (recording artist, songwriter)
    • Kier Lehman (music supervisor)
    • D.J. Dahi (songwriter)
    • Mickey de Grand IV (songwriter)
    Song: "Quicksand" for episode "Hella Perspective (2017)"

Black Reel Awards for Television

  • Issa Rae
    2022 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series
    • Issa Rae
  • Jay Ellis
    2022 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series
    • Jay Ellis
  • Natasha Rothwell
    2022 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
    • Natasha Rothwell
  • Yvonne Orji in Insecure (2016)
    2022 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
    • Yvonne Orji
  • Kofi Siriboe at an event for The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015)
    2022 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series
    • Kofi Siriboe

National Film and Television Awards, USA

  • Issa Rae
    2018 Nominee National Film and Television Award
    • Best Breakthrough Performance
    • Issa Rae

AAFCA TV Honors

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2022 Winner Impact Award
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2020 Winner AAFCA Award
    • Best Comedy

ReFrame

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2018 Winner ReFrame Stamp
    • Television (2017-2018)
    Season 2

Hollywood Professional Association Awards

  • Nena Erb
    2020 Winner HPA Award
    • Outstanding Editing - Episodic or Non-Theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
    • Nena Erb
    S4E9 "Lowkey Trying (2020)"
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13: Daysha Broadway attends the "Whitney Houston: I Want To Dance With Somebody" world premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on December 13, 2022 in New York City
    2020 Nominee HPA Award
    • Outstanding Editing - Episodic or Non-Theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
    • Daysha Broadway
    S4E4 "Lowkey Losin' It (2020)"
  • 2020 Nominee HPA Award
    • Outstanding Editing - Episodic or Non-Theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
    • Mark Sadlek
    S4E8 "Lowkey Happy (2020)"

Dorian TV Awards

  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2020 Nominee Dorian Award
    • Best TV Comedy

Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards

  • Issa Rae
    2022 Nominee HCA Award
    • Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy
    • Issa Rae
    S5.E10 Everything Gonna Be, Okay?! (2021)
  • Issa Rae
    2022 Nominee HCA Award
    • Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy
    • Issa Rae

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