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Born | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
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Years active | 2009–present |
Alexandra Shipp 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 musical drama tick, tick... BOOM!
Shipp was born in Phoenix, Arizona. [1] Her mother is a Kundalini yoga teacher, and her father is a musician. She has two brothers, James and Jordan, and a stepsister, Kasia. [2] Shipp was educated at Squaw Peak Elementary School, Arizona School for the Arts, and St. Mary's Catholic High School in Phoenix. [3] She moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. [3]
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 . [4] 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. [5] 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. [6]
She reprised the role of Ororo Munroe / Storm in the 2019 film Dark Phoenix , [7] [8] and, the same summer, also starred as Sasha Arias in the Shaft sequel. [9] 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. [10] [11]
Shipp publicly came out as a member of the LGBT community in June 2021. [12]
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Valentina | |
2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Kimberly Woodruff | |
2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Ororo Munroe / Storm | |
2017 | Tragedy Girls | McKayla Hooper | |
2018 | Spinning Man | Anna | |
Love, Simon | Abby Suso | ||
Dude | Amelia | ||
Deadpool 2 | Ororo Munroe / Storm | Uncredited cameo | |
2019 | A Dog's Way Home | Olivia | |
Dark Phoenix | Ororo Munroe / Storm | ||
Shaft | Sasha Arias | ||
Jexi | Cate Finnegan | ||
2020 | All the Bright Places | Kate Finch | |
Endless | Riley Jean Stanheight | Also executive producer | |
Father of the Bride, Part 3(ish) | Rachel Banks | Short film | |
2021 | Silk Road | Julia Vie | |
Tick, Tick... Boom! | Susan Wilson | ||
2022 | Space Oddity | Daisy Taylor | |
Asking for It | Regina | ||
2023 | The Good Half | Zoey Abbot | |
Barbie | Writer Barbie | ||
Anyone but You | Claudia | ||
TBA | Kung Fury 2 † | Rey Porter | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Switched at Birth | Ashley | Episode: "Dance Amongst Daggers" |
2012 | Victorious | Elise | Episode: "The Gorilla Club" |
2013 | House of Anubis | KT Rush | 41 episodes |
2013 | House of Anubis: Touchstone of Ra | KT Rush | TV special |
2013 | Occult | Alana Hutchins | Unsold A&E pilot |
2013 | Awkward | Abby Martin | Episode: "Less Than Hero" |
2014 | Ray Donovan | Tiffany | Episode: "Yo Soy Capitan" |
2014 | Days of Our Lives | Mary Beth | 3 episodes |
2014 | Drumline: A New Beat | Dani Raymond | Television film |
2014 | Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B | Aaliyah Haughton | Television film |
2015 | Your Family or Mine | Lucy | Episode: "Pilot" |
2020 | Make It Work! | Herself | Television special |
Year | Title |
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2019 | Telling Lies |
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role |
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2021 | "Chance" | Hayley Kiyoko | Love interest |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Dirty Long Sleeve Shirt" [13] | 2021 | TBA |
Title | Year | Album |
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"30/90" [14] (with Andrew Garfield, Joshua Henry, Vanessa Hudgens, Robin de Jesús and Mj Rodriguez) | 2021 | Tick, Tick... Boom! (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) |
Title | Year | Director |
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"Dirty Long Sleeve Shirt" | 2021 | John Duff |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Breakout Star | X-Men: Apocalypse | Nominated | [15] [16] |
2017 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Squad | X-Men: Apocalypse | Nominated | [17] |
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