Alexandra Shipp
Acting
Born July 16, 1991 · 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!.
Known for
Acting
Forbidden Fruits
2026 · Fig
Violent Ends
2025 · Emma
The Good Half
2024 · Zoey Abbot
Anyone But You
2023 · Claudia
Barbie
2023 · Barbie
Space Oddity
2023 · Daisy Taylor
Asking For It
2022 · Regina
Silk Road
2021 · Julia
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Susan Wilson
All the Bright Places
2020 · Kate
Endless
2020 · Riley Jean Stanheight
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020 · Rachel
Dark Phoenix
2019 · Ororo Munroe / Storm
Shaft
2019 · Sasha Arias
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · Olivia
Jexi
2019 · Cate Finnegan
Dude
2018 · Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
Love, Simon
2018 · Abby
Spinning Man
2018 · Anna
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 · Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
Deadpool 2
2018 · Storm (uncredited)
Tragedy Girls
2017 · McKayla Hooper
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 · Ororo Munroe / Storm
Straight Outta Compton
2015 · Kim
Drumline: A New Beat
2014 · Dani Bolton
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014 · Aaliyah Haughton
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
2013 · KT Rush
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009 · Valentina