Alexandra Ruth Shipp (born July 16, 1991) is an American actress and singer who 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
| Birth Location | Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991-07-16 |
Movies
The Good Half
as Zoey Abbot
2024
Anyone But You
as Claudia
2023
Barbie
as Barbie
2023
Space Oddity
as Daisy Taylor
2023
Asking For It
as Regina
2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Susan Wilson
2021
Silk Road
as Julia
2021
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
as Rachel
2020
Endless
as Riley Jean Stanheight
2020
All the Bright Places
as Kate
2020
Jexi
as Cate Finnegan
2019
Shaft
as Sasha Arias
2019
Dark Phoenix
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
2019
A Dog's Way Home
as Olivia
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
2018
The Everything
as Rose
2018
Deadpool 2
as Storm (uncredited)
2018
Dude
as Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
2018
Spinning Man
as Anna
2018
Love, Simon
as Abby Suso
2018
Tragedy Girls
as McKayla Hooper
2017
X-Men: Apocalypse
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
2016
The Deal
as Monica
2016
Straight Outta Compton
as Kim
2015
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
as Aaliyah Haughton
2014
Drumline: A New Beat
as Dani Bolton
2014
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
as KT Rush
2013
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
as Valentina
2009
Violent Ends
as Emma
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Kung Fury 2
as Rey Porter
-
Movies
Endless
Executive Producer
2020
