Alexandra Shipp

Known for: Acting

Born: 1991-07-16 (age 34)

From: 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!.

Filmography (50)

MOVIE★ 6.0
Glenrothan
2026
as Amy
MOVIE★ 6.1
Forbidden Fruits
2026
as Fig
MOVIE★ 6.2
Violent Ends
2025
as Emma
MOVIE★ 6.0
House of Anubis: Christmas Special
2024
as KT Rush
TV★ 5.2
Laid
2024
as Aubrey
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Good Half
2024
as Zoey Abbot
MOVIE★ 6.8
Anyone but You
2023
as Claudia
MOVIE★ 6.9
Barbie
2023
as Barbie
MOVIE★ 5.9
Space Oddity
2023
as Daisy Taylor
MOVIE★ 4.7
Asking For It
2022
as Regina
MOVIE★ 7.8
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as Susan Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Silk Road
2021
as Julia
MOVIE★ 7.5
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020
as Rachel
MOVIE★ 6.6
Endless
2020
as Riley Jean Stanheight
MOVIE★ 7.6
All the Bright Places
2020
as Kate
MOVIE★ 6.8
Jexi
2019
as Cate Finnegan
TV★ 3.4
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
as Self
TV★ 6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TV★ 5.6
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
as Self - Panelist
MOVIE★ 6.5
Shaft
2019
as Sasha Arias
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dark Phoenix
2019
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
MOVIE★ 7.4
A Dog's Way Home
2019
as Olivia
MOVIE★ 7.1
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Deadpool 2
2018
as Storm (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Dude
2018
as Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
MOVIE★ 5.6
Spinning Man
2018
as Anna
MOVIE★ 8.0
Love, Simon
2018
as Abby
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tragedy Girls
2017
as McKayla Hooper
MOVIE★ 6.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Deal
2016
as Monica
MOVIE★ 7.8
Straight Outta Compton
2015
as Kim
TV★ 5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.5
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014
as Aaliyah Haughton
MOVIE★ 6.9
Drumline: A New Beat
2014
as Dani Bolton
TV★ 7.5
Ray Donovan
2013
as Tiffany
MOVIE★ 7.7
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
2013
as KT Rush
TV★ 7.4
Awkward.
2011
as Abby Martin
TV★ 7.5
Switched at Birth
2011
as Ashley
TV
Anubis Unlocked
2011
as Self
TV★ 8.2
House of Anubis
2011
as KT Rush
TV★ 8.2
Victorious
2010
as Elise
MOVIE★ 5.7
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
as Valentina
TV★ 4.9
Good Morning America
1975
as Self - Guest
MOVIE
White Elephant
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MOVIE
Lost Planet
—
as Ally Gage
MOVIE
Full Moon Retreat
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MOVIE
Kung Fury 2
—
as Rey Porter
MOVIE
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
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as Riley Shaw
MOVIE
Midnight
—
as Emma