Alexandra Shipp
1991-07-16 (1991)Phoenix, Arizona, USAActing
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!.
Known For
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Awkward.
TV • 2011
Victorious
TV • 2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Switched at Birth
TV • 2011
Ray Donovan
TV • 2013
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV • 2019
Barbie
MOVIE • 2023
Lights Out with David Spade
TV • 2019
Deadpool 2
MOVIE • 2018
Good Morning America
TV • 1975
House of Anubis
TV • 2011
Forbidden Fruits
MOVIE • 2026
Anyone But You
MOVIE • 2023
X-Men: Apocalypse
MOVIE • 2016
Dark Phoenix
MOVIE • 2019
Laid
TV • 2024
Straight Outta Compton
MOVIE • 2015