Alexandra Shipp facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Alexandra Shipp
Shipp in 2019
Born	(1991-07-16) July 16, 1991 (age 34) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	2009–present

Alexandra Shipp (born July 16, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She became famous for playing the singer Aaliyah in the TV movie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014). She also played Kimberly Woodruff in the movie Straight Outta Compton (2015).

Shipp is best known for playing the superhero Storm in the X-Men movies, like X-Men: Apocalypse. She also starred as Abby Suso in the fun romantic movie Love, Simon (2018). Another one of her major roles was Susan Wilson in the musical movie tick, tick... BOOM!.

Early Life

Shipp was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Her mother is a yoga teacher, and her father is a marketing executive. She has two brothers, James and Jordan, and a stepsister named Kasia.

Shipp went to Squaw Peak Elementary School and Arizona School for the Arts. She also attended St. Mary's Catholic High School in Phoenix. When she was 17, she moved to Los Angeles to start her acting career.

Career

First Roles

In 2009, Shipp had her first acting role in the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. She later starred in the third season of the Nickelodeon show House of Anubis as the character KT Rush.

Becoming a Star

In 2014, Shipp became more well-known. She played Dani Raymond in the TV movie Drumline: A New Beat. She also played the famous singer Aaliyah in Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B. Shipp did her own singing for this role.

The next year, she played Kimberly Woodruff, the wife of rapper Ice Cube, in the movie Straight Outta Compton. This film told the story of the hip hop group N.W.A.

Joining the X-Men

In 2016, Shipp joined the world of superheroes. She played Ororo Munroe, also known as Storm, in the movie X-Men: Apocalypse. Storm is a mutant who can control the weather. The actress Halle Berry had played this role in earlier movies. Shipp played Storm again in the 2019 movie Dark Phoenix.

Recent Work

In 2018, Shipp starred in two high school comedy movies, Love, Simon and Dude. In the summer of 2019, she appeared in the action-comedy movie Shaft.

In 2021, she was in the movie version of the musical tick, tick... BOOM! as the character Susan. In 2023, Shipp was part of the cast of the hit movie Barbie.

Personal Life

In June 2021, Shipp shared that she is a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
rowspan="4" 0TBA	Kung Fury 2	Rey Porter	Completed
Midnight	rowspan="3" 0TBA	Post-production
Glenrothan
Forbidden Fruits	Filming

Television

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Alexandra Shipp para niños