Acting

Alexandra Shipp

Born 1991-07-16 · 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!.

Credits

Newest first

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