Alexandra Shipp
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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!.
Known for
Credits
Barbie (2023)
as Barbie
Deadpool 2 (2018)
as Storm (uncredited)
Anyone but You (2023)
as Claudia
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
Dark Phoenix (2019)
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
as Valentina
All the Bright Places (2020)
as Kate
Forbidden Fruits (2026)
as Fig
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
as Kim
Jexi (2019)
as Cate Finnegan
Glenrothan (2026)
as Amy
Tragedy Girls (2017)
as McKayla Hooper
Love, Simon (2018)
as Abby
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
Shaft (2019)
as Sasha Arias
A Dog's Way Home (2019)
as Olivia
Dude (2018)
as Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
as Susan Wilson
White Elephant (—)
Actor
Lost Planet (—)
as Ally Gage
Space Oddity (2023)
as Daisy Taylor
Spinning Man (2018)
as Anna
Silk Road (2021)
as Julia
Violent Ends (2025)
as Emma
Endless (2020)
as Riley Jean Stanheight
Misty Green (2026)
as Bella
Drumline: A New Beat (2014)
as Dani Bolton
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper (—)
as Riley Shaw
The Good Half (2024)
as Zoey Abbot
Full Moon Retreat (—)
Actor
Parish (—)
Actor
Asking For It (2022)
as Regina
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020)
as Rachel
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014)
as Aaliyah Haughton
A Very Anubis Christmas Eve (2024)
as KT Rush
Kung Fury 2 (—)
as Rey Porter
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra (2013)
as KT Rush
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! (2022)
as Self
The Deal (2016)
as Monica
Midnight (—)
as Emma