Alexandra Shipp
Acting
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!.
Born: July 16, 1991 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Filmography (40)
Forbidden Fruits
2026
Violent Ends
2025
Laid
2024
The Good Half
2024
Anyone But You
2023
Barbie
2023
Space Oddity
2023
Asking For It
2022
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Silk Road
2021
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020
Endless
2020
All the Bright Places
2020
Jexi
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
Shaft
2019
Dark Phoenix
2019
A Dog's Way Home
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
Deadpool 2
2018
Dude
2018
Spinning Man
2018
Love, Simon
2018
Tragedy Girls
2017
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Straight Outta Compton
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014
Drumline: A New Beat
2014
Ray Donovan
2013
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
2013
Awkward.
2011
Switched at Birth
2011
House of Anubis
2011
Victorious
2010
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
Good Morning America
1975