Alexandra Shipp
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!.
Known for
2026Glenrothan
Amy
2026Forbidden Fruits
Fig
2025Violent Ends
Emma
2024The Good Half
Zoey Abbot
2024House of Anubis: Christmas Special
KT Rush
2023Anyone But You
Claudia
2023Barbie
Barbie
2023Space Oddity
Daisy Taylor
2022Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
Self
2022Asking For It
Regina
2021Silk Road
Julia
2021tick, tick... BOOM!
Susan Wilson
2020All the Bright Places
Kate
2020Endless
Riley Jean Stanheight
2020Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Rachel
2019Dark Phoenix
Ororo Munroe / Storm
2019Shaft
Sasha Arias
2019A Dog's Way Home
Olivia
2019Jexi
Cate Finnegan
2018Dude
Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
2018Love, Simon
Abby
2018Spinning Man
Anna
2018Once Upon a Deadpool
Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
2018Deadpool 2
Storm (uncredited)