Alexandra Shipp
Acting
Born 1991-07-16 · 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). 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
Glenrothan
Apr 17, 2026
Forbidden Fruits
Mar 27, 2026
Violent Ends
Oct 31, 2025
House of Anubis: Christmas Special
Dec 24, 2024
The Good Half
Jul 23, 2024
Anyone But You
Dec 21, 2023
Barbie
Jul 19, 2023
Space Oddity
Mar 31, 2023
Asking For It
Mar 4, 2022
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
Jan 19, 2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
Nov 11, 2021
Silk Road
Feb 19, 2021
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Sep 25, 2020
Endless
Apr 9, 2020
All the Bright Places
Feb 28, 2020
Jexi
Oct 10, 2019
Shaft
Jun 14, 2019
Dark Phoenix
Jun 5, 2019
A Dog's Way Home
Jan 10, 2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
Dec 11, 2018
Deadpool 2
May 15, 2018
Dude
Apr 20, 2018
Spinning Man
Apr 6, 2018
Love, Simon
Feb 16, 2018
Tragedy Girls
Oct 20, 2017
X-Men: Apocalypse
May 18, 2016
The Deal
Feb 8, 2016
Straight Outta Compton
Aug 11, 2015
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
Nov 15, 2014
Drumline: A New Beat
Oct 27, 2014