Career
In 2009, Shipp made her acting debut with a minor role in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel . She went on to star in the third season of Nickelodeon's mystery teen drama series House of Anubis , playing the role of KT Rush.
In 2014, Shipp gained attention for her roles as Dani Raymond in the VH1 television film sequel Drumline: A New Beat and Aaliyah Haughton, the title role, in the Lifetime television film Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B . [5] For the latter performance, Shipp also sang. She next portrayed Ice Cube's wife, Kimberly Woodruff, in the biographical drama film Straight Outta Compton , which chronicled the careers of hip hop group N.W.A. In 2016, she co-starred in Bryan Singer's superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse as Ororo Munroe/Storm, a weather-controlling mutant previously portrayed by Halle Berry. [6] In 2018, she starred alongside Nick Robinson and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. in Love, Simon and Kathryn Prescott and Lucy Hale in Dude , both high school comedy films. [7]
She reprised the role of Ororo Munroe / Storm in the 2019 film Dark Phoenix , [8] [9] and, the same summer, also starred as Sasha Arias in the Shaft sequel. [10] In 2021 she starred in the film adaptation of tick, tick... BOOM! as Susan.
Shipp starred in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie , released on July 21, 2023. [11] [12] In November 2023, Shipp was cast in the revenge thriller film Violent Ends, which co-stars Billy Magnussen and Nick Stahl. Additionally, she will star in the horror film Forbidden Fruits as a member of a witch cult operating out of a retail store. Both films will be released by IFC Films in 2026. [13] [14]
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