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Alexandra Shipp

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Alexandra Shipp

Born Jul 16, 1991 · 35 years50 titles 38 movies · 12 TV
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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!.

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Alex Shipp · Alexandra Ruth Shipp

Born

Jul 16, 1991

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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1975 1 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2011 4 title(s)

2013 2 title(s)

2014 2 title(s)

2015 2 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2018 5 title(s)

2019 7 title(s)

2020 3 title(s)

2021 2 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 3 title(s)

2024 3 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)

Undated 6 title(s)