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Alexandra Shipp

Actor

Alexandra Shipp

Born July 16, 1991 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA38 films

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).

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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!.

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Love, Simon posterFirst watchLove, Simon20188.0as AbbyEveryone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity…View film

Essential films

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Deadpool 2 poster7.5Deadpool 22018Straight Outta Compton poster7.8Straight Outta Compton2015Barbie poster6.9Barbie2023X-Men: Apocalypse poster6.5X-Men: Apocalypse2016All the Bright Places poster7.6All the Bright Places2020tick, tick... BOOM! poster7.6tick, tick... BOOM!2021Anyone but You poster6.7Anyone but You2023Dark Phoenix poster6.0Dark Phoenix2019

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. TBAFull Moon Retreat
  2. TBAMidnightEmma
  3. TBAKung Fury 2Rey Porter
  4. TBALost PlanetAlly Gage
  5. TBAThe Autopsy of Albert KemperRiley Shaw
  6. TBAWhite Elephant
  7. 2026Misty GreenBella
  8. 2026GlenrothanAmy
  9. 2026Forbidden FruitsFig
  10. 2025Violent EndsEmma
  11. 2024House of Anubis: Christmas SpecialKT Rush
  12. 2024The Good HalfZoey Abbot
  13. 2023Anyone but YouClaudia
  14. 2023BarbieBarbie
  15. 2023Space OddityDaisy Taylor
  16. 2022Asking For ItRegina
  17. 2021tick, tick... BOOM!Susan Wilson
  18. 2021Silk RoadJulia
  19. 2020Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)Rachel
  20. 2020EndlessRiley Jean Stanheight
  21. 2020All the Bright PlacesKate
  22. 2019JexiCate Finnegan
  23. 2019ShaftSasha Arias
  24. 2019Dark PhoenixOroro Munroe / Storm
  25. 2019A Dog's Way HomeOlivia
  26. 2018Once Upon a DeadpoolOroro Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
  27. 2018Deadpool 2Storm (uncredited)
  28. 2018DudeAmelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
  29. 2018Spinning ManAnna
  30. 2018Love, SimonAbby
  31. 2017Tragedy GirlsMcKayla Hooper
  32. 2016X-Men: ApocalypseOroro Munroe / Storm
  33. 2016The DealMonica
  34. 2015Straight Outta ComptonKim
  35. 2014Aaliyah: The Princess of R&BAaliyah Haughton
  36. 2014Drumline: A New BeatDani Bolton
  37. 2013House of Anubis: The Touchstone of RaKT Rush
  38. 2009Alvin and the Chipmunks: The SqueakquelValentina