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Alexandra Shipp

Alexandra Shipp

Acting
July 16, 1991 (35)
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
July 16, 1991 (35)
Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Alexandra Shipp

Acting

Biography

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). 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!.

Filmography 50

Movies (38)

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

Shows (12)

  • Laid
    2024
    Aubrey
  • A Little Late with Lilly Singh
    2019
    Self
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show
    2019
    Self
  • Lights Out with David Spade
    2019
    Self - Panelist
  • The Late Late Show with James Corden
    2015
    Self - Guest
  • Ray Donovan
    2013
    Tiffany
  • Awkward.
    2011
    Abby Martin
  • Switched at Birth
    2011
    Ashley
  • Anubis Unlocked
    2011
    Self
  • House of Anubis
    2011
    KT Rush
  • Victorious
    2010
    Elise
  • Good Morning America
    1975
    Self - Guest