Alexandra Shipp

17 titles·Since 2014

July 16, 1991 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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!.

Frequently works with

Nick Robinson

2 titles together

Filmography (17)

Glenrothan

2026 · Amy

Forbidden Fruits

2026 · Fig

Violent Ends

2025 · Emma

Space Oddity

2023 · Daisy Taylor

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021 · Susan Wilson

Silk Road

2021 · Julia

Endless

2020 · Riley Jean Stanheight

All the Bright Places

2020 · Kate

Jexi

2019 · Cate Finnegan

Shaft

2019 · Sasha Arias

A Dog's Way Home

2019 · Olivia

Dude

2018 · Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein

Spinning Man

2018 · Anna

Love, Simon

2018 · Abby

Tragedy Girls

2017 · McKayla Hooper

Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B

2014 · Aaliyah Haughton

Drumline: A New Beat

2014 · Dani Bolton

July 16, 1991 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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!.