
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!.

Barbie
2023 · as Barbie

X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 · as Ororo Munroe / Storm

Deadpool 2
2018 · as Storm (uncredited)

Forbidden Fruits
2026 · as Fig

Anyone but You
2023 · as Claudia

Dark Phoenix
2019 · as Ororo Munroe / Storm

Love, Simon
2018 · as Abby

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009 · as Valentina

Tragedy Girls
2017 · as McKayla Hooper

Glenrothan
2026 · as Amy

Straight Outta Compton
2015 · as Kim

Silk Road
2021 · as Julia

A Dog's Way Home
2019 · as Olivia

All the Bright Places
2020 · as Kate

Shaft
2019 · as Sasha Arias

Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 · as Ororo Monroe / Storm (uncredited)

Jexi
2019 · as Cate Finnegan

Spinning Man
2018 · as Anna