Alexandra Shipp

Actor

Born July 16, 1991 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Alexandra Ruth Shipp (born July 16, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She starred in the third season of Nickelodeon's mystery teen drama series House of Anubis (2011-2013) playing the role of KT Rush, but rose to prominence for portraying singer Aaliyah in the Lifetime television film Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014) and Kimberly Woodruff in the Oscar-nominated film Straight Outta Compton (2015).

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Shipp is best known for playing Storm in the X-Men franchise, starting with X-Men: Apocalypse, Abby Suso in the 2018 romantic comedy Love, Simon, and Susan Wilson in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical drama Tick, Tick... Boom!.

Acting

Misty Green
Film, 2026
as Bella
Glenrothan
Film, 2026
as Amy
Forbidden Fruits
Film, 2026
as Fig
Violent Ends
Film, 2025
as Emma
A Very Anubis Christmas Eve
Film, 2024
as KT Rush
Laid
TV series, 2024
as Aubrey
The Good Half
Film, 2024
as Zoey Abbot
Anyone but You
Film, 2023
as Claudia
Barbie
Film, 2023
as Barbie
Space Oddity
Film, 2023
as Daisy Taylor
Asking For It
Film, 2022
as Regina
tick, tick... BOOM!
Film, 2021
as Susan Wilson
Silk Road
Film, 2021
as Julia
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Film, 2020
as Rachel
Endless
Film, 2020
as Riley Jean Stanheight
All the Bright Places
Film, 2020
as Kate
Jexi
Film, 2019
as Cate Finnegan
Shaft
Film, 2019
as Sasha Arias
Dark Phoenix
Film, 2019
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
A Dog's Way Home
Film, 2019
as Olivia
Once Upon a Deadpool
Film, 2018
as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
Deadpool 2
Film, 2018
as Storm (uncredited)
Dude
Film, 2018
as Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
Spinning Man
Film, 2018
as Anna
Love, Simon
Film, 2018
as Abby
Tragedy Girls
Film, 2017
as McKayla Hooper
X-Men: Apocalypse
Film, 2016
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
The Deal
Film, 2016
as Monica
Straight Outta Compton
Film, 2015
as Kim
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
Film, 2014
as Aaliyah Haughton