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