Alexandra Shipp

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Alexandra Shipp
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Born (1991-07-16) July 16, 1991 (age 33)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2009–present

Alexandra Shipp (born July 16, 1991 [1] ) 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 film Straight Outta Compton (2015).

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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!

Early life

Shipp was born in Phoenix, Arizona. [2] Her mother is a Kundalini yoga teacher, and her father James Sr. is a marketing executive. She has two brothers, James and Jordan, and a stepsister, Kasia. [3] Shipp was educated at Squaw Peak Elementary School, Arizona School for the Arts, and St. Mary's Catholic High School in Phoenix. [4] She moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. [4]

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]

Personal life

Shipp publicly came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community in June 2021. [13]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 / StormUncredited 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 StanheightAlso executive producer
Father of the Bride, Part 3(ish) Rachel BanksShort 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 PorterPost-production
Midnight †TBAPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Switched at Birth AshleyEpisode: "Dance Amongst Daggers"
2012 Victorious EliseEpisode: "The Gorilla Club"
2013 House of Anubis KT Rush41 episodes
2013 House of Anubis: Touchstone of Ra KT RushTV special
2013OccultAlana HutchinsUnsold A&E pilot
2013 Awkward Abby MartinEpisode: "Less Than Hero"
2014 Ray Donovan TiffanyEpisode: "Yo Soy Capitan"
2014 Days of Our Lives Mary Beth3 episodes
2014 Drumline: A New Beat Dani RaymondTelevision film
2014 Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B Aaliyah Haughton Television film
2015 Your Family or Mine LucyEpisode: "Pilot"
2020 Make It Work! HerselfTelevision special

Video games

YearTitle
2019 Telling Lies

Music videos

YearTitleArtist(s)Role
2021"Chance" Hayley Kiyoko Love interest

Discography

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Dirty Long Sleeve Shirt" [14] 2021TBA

Promotional singles

TitleYearAlbum
"30/90" [15]
(with Andrew Garfield, Joshua Henry, Vanessa Hudgens, Robin de Jesús and Mj Rodriguez)		2021 Tick, Tick... Boom! (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)

Music videos

TitleYearDirector
"Dirty Long Sleeve Shirt"2021John Duff

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Breakout Star X-Men: Apocalypse Nominated [16] [17]
2017 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Squad X-Men: Apocalypse Nominated [18]

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