Alexandra Shipp
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!.
Born: July 16, 1991
Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Known For
Victorious
Aspiring singer Tori Vega navigates life while attending a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts.
House of Anubis
Strange things are happening at an English boarding school called House of Anubis. Popular student Joy goes missing, the school's cranky caretaker has a creepy stuffed crow and the school's attic may be haunted. When recent American transplant Nina gets thrust into the school during this time, she decides to investigate along with her new friend, Fabian, and housemates.
Love, Simon
Everyone 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 of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
Go deep inside the film tick, tick...BOOM! with director Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor Andrew Garfield and the rest of the film's acclaimed ensemble. The award-winning biopic tells the story of the late Tony Award®-winning legend Jonathan Larson, an artist at a crossroads desperate to tell his story.
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
The students of Anubis House are on the eve of their graduation when they encounter a new group of underclassmen and a mysterious stone that leads them on a quest to save the world from evil.
Straight Outta Compton
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
All the Bright Places
Two teens facing personal struggles form a powerful bond as they embark on a cathartic journey chronicling the wonders of Indiana.
tick, tick... BOOM!
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
The Banks Family reunites 25 years later for a very special event to benefit World Central Kitchen.
Awkward.
An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. Narration in the first-person voice of Jenna's blog posts captures the humor within the struggles and experiences everyone can relate to from their formative years.
Filmography
as Amy
as Fig
as Emma
as KT Rush
as Aubrey
as Zoey Abbot
as Claudia
as Barbie
as Daisy Taylor
as Regina
as Susan Wilson
as Julia
as Rachel
as Riley Jean Stanheight
as Kate
as Cate Finnegan
as Self
as Self - Panelist
as Sasha Arias
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
as Olivia
as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
as Storm (uncredited)
as Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
as Anna
as Abby Suso
as McKayla Hooper
as Ororo Munroe / Storm
as Monica
as Kim
as Self - Guest
as Aaliyah Haughton
as Dani Bolton
as Tiffany
as KT Rush
as Abby Martin
as Ashley
as Self
as KT Rush
as Elise
as Valentina
as Rey Porter