Alexandra Shipp
Acting
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!.
As actor 50
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Switched at Birth
2011
Ray Donovan
2013
Good Morning America
1975
Victorious
2010
Barbie
2023
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
Deadpool 2
2018
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Dark Phoenix
2019
Awkward.
2011
Anyone but You
2023
House of Anubis
2011
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
Straight Outta Compton
2015
Love, Simon
2018
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
Forbidden Fruits
2026
All the Bright Places
2020
Laid
2024
Shaft
2019
A Dog's Way Home
2019
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Glenrothan
2026
Tragedy Girls
2017
Jexi
2019
Silk Road
2021
Violent Ends
2025
Dude
2018
Space Oddity
2023
Anubis Unlocked
2011
Endless
2020
Spinning Man
2018
Drumline: A New Beat
2014
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020
The Good Half
2024
White Elephant
Kung Fury 2
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014
Asking For It
2022
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
Lost Planet
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
2013
Full Moon Retreat
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
Midnight
House of Anubis: Christmas Special
2024
The Deal
2016