Alexandra Shipp
Department: Acting
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
Anyone But You
2023
The Good Half
2024
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
Barbie
2023
Violent Ends
2025
Straight Outta Compton
2015
Drumline: A New Beat
2014
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Full Moon Retreat
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Dude
2018
Tragedy Girls
2017
Midnight
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
Love, Simon
2018
Spinning Man
2018
Dark Phoenix
2019
Shaft
2019
A Dog's Way Home
2019
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
2013
All the Bright Places
2020
Endless
2020
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
Silk Road
2021
Kung Fury 2
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Jexi
2019
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Deadpool 2
2018
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020
The Deal
2016
Asking For It
2022
Space Oddity
2023
Glenrothan
2026
House of Anubis: Christmas Special
2024
Forbidden Fruits
2026
Lost Planet
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The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
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House of Anubis
2011
Switched at Birth
2011
Awkward.
2011
Anubis Unlocked
2011
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Ray Donovan
2013
Victorious
2010
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
Laid
2024
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Good Morning America
1975