Alexandra Shipp

Acting · Born 1991-07-16 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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!.

Filmography

• Barbie as Barbie
• Straight Outta Compton as Kim
• Love, Simon as Abby
• A Dog's Way Home as Olivia
• All the Bright Places as Kate
• Once Upon a Deadpool as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
• tick, tick... BOOM! as Susan Wilson
• Deadpool 2 as Storm (uncredited)
• Anyone But You as Claudia
• The Good Half as Zoey Abbot

TV

• House of Anubis as KT Rush
• Victorious as Elise
• Switched at Birth as Ashley
• Awkward. as Abby Martin
• The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
• Ray Donovan as Tiffany
• Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
• Laid as Aubrey
• The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest