Actor profile

Alexandra Shipp

16th July 1991 Phoenix, Arizona, USA Acting

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!.

38 Movies 12 TV Shows 50 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Glenrothan poster

Glenrothan 17th April 2026 as Amy

Forbidden Fruits poster

Forbidden Fruits 26th March 2026 as Fig

Violent Ends poster

Violent Ends 31st October 2025 as Emma

House of Anubis: Christmas Special poster

House of Anubis: Christmas Special 24th December 2024 as KT Rush

The Good Half poster

The Good Half 23rd July 2024 as Zoey Abbot

Anyone But You poster

Anyone But You 21st December 2023 as Claudia

Barbie poster

Barbie 19th July 2023 as Barbie

Space Oddity poster

Space Oddity 31st March 2023 as Daisy Taylor

Asking For It poster

Asking For It 4th March 2022 as Regina

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! poster

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! 19th January 2022 as Self

tick, tick... BOOM! poster

tick, tick... BOOM! 11th November 2021 as Susan Wilson

Silk Road poster

Silk Road 19th February 2021 as Julia

Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) poster

Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) 25th September 2020 as Rachel

Endless poster

Endless 9th April 2020 as Riley Jean Stanheight

All the Bright Places poster

All the Bright Places 28th February 2020 as Kate

Jexi poster

Jexi 10th October 2019 as Cate Finnegan

Shaft poster

Shaft 14th June 2019 as Sasha Arias

Dark Phoenix poster

Dark Phoenix 5th June 2019 as Ororo Munroe / Storm

A Dog's Way Home poster

A Dog's Way Home 10th January 2019 as Olivia

Once Upon a Deadpool poster

Once Upon a Deadpool 11th December 2018 as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)

Deadpool 2 poster

Deadpool 2 15th May 2018 as Storm (uncredited)

Dude poster

Dude 20th April 2018 as Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein

Spinning Man poster

Spinning Man 6th April 2018 as Anna

Love, Simon poster

Love, Simon 16th February 2018 as Abby

Tragedy Girls poster

Tragedy Girls 20th October 2017 as McKayla Hooper

X-Men: Apocalypse poster

X-Men: Apocalypse 18th May 2016 as Ororo Munroe / Storm

The Deal poster

The Deal 8th February 2016 as Monica

Straight Outta Compton poster

Straight Outta Compton 11th August 2015 as Kim

Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B poster

Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B 15th November 2014 as Aaliyah Haughton

Drumline: A New Beat poster

Drumline: A New Beat 27th October 2014 as Dani Bolton

House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra poster

House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra 14th June 2013 as KT Rush

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel poster

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 21st December 2009 as Valentina

Full Moon Retreat

Kung Fury 2 poster

Kung Fury 2 as Rey Porter

Lost Planet as Ally Gage

Midnight

The Autopsy of Albert Kemper as Riley Shaw

White Elephant poster

White Elephant

Laid poster

Laid 19th December 2024 as Aubrey

A Little Late with Lilly Singh poster

A Little Late with Lilly Singh 16th September 2019 as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

Lights Out with David Spade poster

Lights Out with David Spade 29th July 2019 as Self - Panelist

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self - Guest

Ray Donovan poster

Ray Donovan 30th June 2013 as Tiffany

Awkward. poster

Awkward. 19th July 2011 as Abby Martin

Switched at Birth poster

Switched at Birth 6th June 2011 as Ashley

Anubis Unlocked 25th February 2011 as Self

House of Anubis poster

House of Anubis 1st January 2011 as KT Rush

Victorious poster

Victorious 27th March 2010 as Elise

Good Morning America poster

Good Morning America 6th January 1975 as Self - Guest