Alexandra 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!.

Known For

Deadpool 2

as Storm (uncredited)

X-Men: Apocalypse

as Ororo Munroe / Storm

Barbie

as Barbie

Dark Phoenix

as Ororo Munroe / Storm

Love, Simon

as Abby Suso

Straight Outta Compton

as Kim

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

as Valentina

All the Bright Places

as Kate

Anyone But You

as Claudia

tick, tick... BOOM!

as Susan Wilson