Alexandra Shipp

Alexandra Shipp

32 · Born: Jul 16, 1991

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Born Jul 16, 1991 Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Parents
  • Amy Shipp
  • James Shipp

Biography

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!.

Career

2023
Barbie
Barbie as Barbie
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Space Oddity
Space Oddity as Daisy Taylor
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Kung Fury 2
Kung Fury 2 as Rey Porter
Anyone But You
Anyone But You as Claudia
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The Good Half
The Good Half as Zoey Abbot
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2022
Asking for It
Asking for It as Regina
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2021
Silk Road
Silk Road as Julia
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tick, tick... BOOM!
tick, tick... BOOM! as Susan Wilson
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2020
All the Bright Places
All the Bright Places as Kate Finch
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Endless
Endless as Riley Jean Stanheight
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Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) as Rachel
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2019
A Dog's Way Home
A Dog's Way Home as Olivia
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Jexi
Jexi as Cate Finnegan
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Shaft
Shaft as Sasha Arias
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Dark Phoenix
Dark Phoenix as Ororo Munroe / Storm
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2018
Spinning Man
Spinning Man as Anna
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Love, Simon
Love, Simon as Abby Suso
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Dude
Dude as Amelia Bergbaum-Goldstein
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2017
Tragedy Girls
Tragedy Girls as McKayla Hooper
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2015
Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton as Kim
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2014
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B as Aaliyah Haughton
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Drumline: A New Beat
Drumline: A New Beat as Dani Bolton
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2013
House of Anubis
House of Anubis as KT Rush
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2019
Lights Out with David Spade