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!.
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Budget308M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 Kung Fury 2 as Rey Porter
2025 Glenrothan
2025 Midnight Executive Producer
2025 Forbidden Fruits
2025 Violent Ends as Emma
2025 Full Moon Retreat
2024 House of Anubis: Christmas Special as KT Rush
2024 The Good Half as Zoey Abbot
2023 Anyone But You as Claudia
2023 Barbie as Barbie
2023 Space Oddity as Daisy Taylor
2022 Asking For It as Regina
2022 Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! as Self
2021 tick, tick... BOOM! as Susan Wilson
2021 Silk Road as Julia
2020 Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) as Rachel
2020 Endless as Riley Jean Stanheight Executive Producer
2020 All the Bright Places as Kate
2019 Jexi as Cate Finnegan
2019 Shaft as Sasha Arias
2019 Dark Phoenix as Ororo Munroe / Storm
2019 A Dog's Way Home as Olivia
2018 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
2017 Tragedy Girls as McKayla Hooper
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse as Ororo Munroe / Storm
2016 The Deal as Monica
2015 Straight Outta Compton as Kim
2014 Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B as Aaliyah Haughton
2014 Drumline: A New Beat as Dani Bolton
2013 House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra as KT Rush
2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel as Valentina