Alexandra Shipp

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!.

Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

Ray Donovan

Tiffany

Deadpool 2

Storm (uncredited)

House of Anubis

KT Rush

Dark Phoenix

Ororo Munroe / Storm

Switched at Birth

Ashley

Lights Out with David Spade

Self - Panelist

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

Self

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Laid	Aubrey
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self
2019	Lights Out with David Spade	Self - Panelist
2019	A Little Late with Lilly Singh	Self
2013	Ray Donovan	Tiffany
2011	House of Anubis	KT Rush
2011	Switched at Birth	Ashley
2011	Awkward.	Abby Martin
2011	Anubis Unlocked	Self
2010	Victorious	Elise