'Insecure' Actress​ Sujata Day on​ How​ Issa Rae ​Inspired​ Her Directorial Debut​ (Exclusive)​

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earned a whopping eight Emmy nominations this year, including Outstanding Comedy Series and a Lead Actress nod for creator and star Issa Rae.

As it turns out, Rae’s ripple effects of inspiration began many years ago for co-star Sujata Day.Day, best known for her role on the series as Sarah — part of the “We Got Y’all” gang — first met Rae on Twitter over eight years ago.

What started as an audition for Rae’s web series — which served as inspiration for — has now led to Day’s feature directorial debut “We were all inspired by being on that web series and we were starting to write our own stories,” Day tells ET. “Issa said, 'I am writing my Black girl story, you have to write your brown girl story.'”In addition to directing, Day wrote,.