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

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Ray Donovan

Switched at Birth

Victorious

Barbie

Awkward.

Deadpool 2

All Movies (38)

• Glenrothan2026 · as Amy
• Forbidden Fruits2026 · as Fig
• Violent Ends2025 · as Emma
• House of Anubis: Christmas Special2024 · as KT Rush
• The Good Half2024 · as Zoey Abbot
• Anyone But You2023 · as Claudia
• Barbie2023 · as Barbie
• Space Oddity2023 · as Daisy Taylor
• Asking For It2022 · as Regina
• Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!2022 · as Self
• tick, tick... BOOM!2021 · as Susan Wilson
• Silk Road2021 · as Julia
• Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)2020 · as Rachel
• Endless2020 · as Riley Jean Stanheight
• All the Bright Places2020 · as Kate
• Jexi2019 · as Cate Finnegan
• Shaft2019 · as Sasha Arias
• Dark Phoenix2019 · as Ororo Munroe / Storm
• A Dog's Way Home2019 · as Olivia
• Once Upon a Deadpool2018 · as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
• Deadpool 22018 · as Storm (uncredited)
• Dude2018 · as Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
• Spinning Man2018 · as Anna
• Love, Simon2018 · as Abby
• Tragedy Girls2017 · as McKayla Hooper
• X-Men: Apocalypse2016 · as Ororo Munroe / Storm
• The Deal2016 · as Monica
• Straight Outta Compton2015 · as Kim
• Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B2014 · as Aaliyah Haughton
• Drumline: A New Beat2014 · as Dani Bolton
• House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra2013 · as KT Rush
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel2009 · as Valentina
• Full Moon Retreat—
• Midnight—
• Kung Fury 2— · as Rey Porter
• Lost Planet— · as Ally Gage
• The Autopsy of Albert Kemper— · as Riley Shaw
• White Elephant—

All TV Shows (12)

• Laid2024 · as Aubrey
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Lights Out with David Spade2019 · as Self - Panelist
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Ray Donovan2013 · as Tiffany
• Awkward.2011 · as Abby Martin
• Switched at Birth2011 · as Ashley
• Anubis Unlocked2011 · as Self
• House of Anubis2011 · as KT Rush
• Victorious2010 · as Elise
• Good Morning America1975 · as Self - Guest