Alexandra Shipp

Alexandra Shipp

Born 1991-07-16 (age 34) Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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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!.

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Known For

Barbie
Barbie

2023

as Barbie

Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2

2018

as Storm (uncredited)

Anyone But You
Anyone But You

2023

as Claudia

X-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse

2016

as Ororo Munroe / Storm

Dark Phoenix
Dark Phoenix

2019

as Ororo Munroe / Storm

Love, Simon
Love, Simon

2018

as Abby

Silk Road
Silk Road

2021

as Julia

Straight Outta Compton
Forbidden Fruits
Forbidden Fruits

2026

as Fig

Once Upon a Deadpool
Once Upon a Deadpool

2018

as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)

A Dog's Way Home
A Dog's Way Home

2019

as Olivia

Glenrothan
Glenrothan

2026

as Amy

All the Bright Places
Violent Ends
Violent Ends

2025

as Emma

Shaft
Shaft

2019

as Sasha Arias

tick, tick... BOOM!
tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

as Susan Wilson

Jexi
Jexi

2019

as Cate Finnegan

Tragedy Girls
Tragedy Girls

2017

as McKayla Hooper

The Good Half
The Good Half

2024

as Zoey Abbot