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
Barbie
(2023)
Barbie
Dark Phoenix
(2019)
Ororo Munroe / Storm
Deadpool 2
(2018)
Storm (uncredited)
Anyone But You
(2023)
Claudia
X-Men: Apocalypse
(2016)
Ororo Munroe / Storm
Straight Outta Compton
(2015)
Kim
Once Upon a Deadpool
(2018)
Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
(2009)
Valentina
A Dog's Way Home
(2019)
Olivia
Love, Simon
(2018)
Abby Suso
tick, tick... BOOM!
(2021)
Susan Wilson
All the Bright Places
(2020)
Kate
Jexi
(2019)
Cate Finnegan
Dude
(2018)
Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
Spinning Man
(2018)
Anna
Shaft
(2019)
Sasha Arias
Full Filmography
Acting
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
(2009)
Valentina
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
(2013)
KT Rush
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
(2014)
Aaliyah Haughton
Drumline: A New Beat
(2014)
Dani Bolton
Straight Outta Compton
(2015)
Kim
X-Men: Apocalypse
(2016)
Ororo Munroe / Storm
The Deal
(2016)
Monica
Tragedy Girls
(2017)
McKayla Hooper
Dude
(2018)
Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
Love, Simon
(2018)
Abby Suso
Spinning Man
(2018)
Anna
The Everything
(2018)
Rose
Once Upon a Deadpool
(2018)
Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)
Deadpool 2
(2018)
Storm (uncredited)
Dark Phoenix
(2019)
Ororo Munroe / Storm
Shaft
(2019)
Sasha Arias
A Dog's Way Home
(2019)
Olivia
Jexi
(2019)
Cate Finnegan
All the Bright Places
(2020)
Kate
Endless
(2020)
Riley Jean Stanheight
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
(2020)
Rachel
Silk Road
(2021)
Julia
tick, tick... BOOM!
(2021)
Susan Wilson
Asking For It
(2022)
Regina
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
(2022)
Self
Space Oddity
(2023)
Daisy Taylor
Barbie
(2023)
Barbie
Anyone But You
(2023)
Claudia
The Good Half
(2024)
Zoey Abbot
Production