
Alexandra Shipp
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!.
Acting (33 movies)

Anyone But You
2023

The Good Half
2024

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022

Barbie
2023

Violent Ends
2025

Straight Outta Compton
2015

Drumline: A New Beat
2014

Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014

X-Men: Apocalypse
2016

Dude
2018

Tragedy Girls
2017

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009

Love, Simon
2018

Spinning Man
2018

Dark Phoenix
2019

Shaft
2019

A Dog's Way Home
2019

House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
2013

The Everything
2018

All the Bright Places
2020

Endless
2020

Once Upon a Deadpool
2018

Silk Road
2021

Jexi
2019

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021

Deadpool 2
2018

Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020

The Deal
2016

Asking For It
2022

Space Oddity
2023

Glenrothan
2025

House of Anubis: Christmas Special
2024

Forbidden Fruits
2026
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Endless | 2020 | Executive Producer |