AISSA ROSE
Aissa Rose is a Senegalese-American writer and filmmaker raised in New York City, currently based in Los Angeles. Most recently, she co-wrote Episode 7 of the upcoming season of Netflix’s FOREVER (Season 2), the Peabody Award-winning series. She has also served as a writer’s assistant and script coordinator on acclaimed series including Netflix’s FOREVER (Season 2), HBO Max’s RAP SH!T (Seasons 1 & 2), HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness (Season 2), OWN’s Queen Sugar (Season 7), and Audible’s We Stay Looking (Season 1).
Aissa was one of four writers selected for the highly competitive Almanack Screenwriters 2025 Episodic Lab, where she workshopped and pitched her original television script. In 2024, she was one of only two writers chosen to shadow the award-winning showrunner Mara Brock Akil on the set of FOREVER (Season 1). She was also a 2023 fellow at Story27 Productions’ prestigious Writers’ Colony, where she completed an original pilot during the fall residency.
Aissa’s work has been featured by Issa Rae Presents and Afropunk, and showcased at renowned festivals including BlackStar Film Festival, Black Harvest Film Festival, and the Montreal International Black Film Festival.
Also an actress and a model, she has worked with brands including, but not limited to: Glossier, Ilia, Innisfree, Savage x Fenty, Fenty Beauty by Rihanna, le PÈRE, Oscar Mayer, A--Company, On (sportswear), Refinery29, Target, Sephora, American Apparel, Bobbie (formula), and Hoorae Media FKA Issa Rae Presents.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film and African American Studies, with a concentration in Creative Writing, from Wesleyan University.
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Modeling Agency: Btwn Mgmt