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!.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Forbidden Fruits
Character: Apple
MOVIE • 2026
Violent Ends
Character: Emma
MOVIE • 2025
Glenrothan
Character:
MOVIE • 2025
House of Anubis: Christmas Special
Character: KT Rush
MOVIE • 2024
Laid
Character: Aubrey
TV • 2024
The Good Half
Character: Zoey Abbot
MOVIE • 2024
Anyone But You
Character: Claudia
MOVIE • 2023
Barbie
Character: Barbie
MOVIE • 2023
Space Oddity
Character: Daisy Taylor
MOVIE • 2023
Asking For It
Character: Regina
MOVIE • 2022
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
Character: Susan Wilson
MOVIE • 2021
Silk Road
Character: Julia
MOVIE • 2021
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Character: Rachel
MOVIE • 2020
Endless
Character: Riley Jean Stanheight
MOVIE • 2020
All the Bright Places
Character: Kate
MOVIE • 2020
Jexi
Character: Cate Finnegan
MOVIE • 2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Character: Self
TV • 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
TV • 2019
Lights Out with David Spade
Character: Self - Panelist
TV • 2019
Crew