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Alexandra Shipp

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Biography

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!.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

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Appears in a KinoChain journey

Barbie

As Barbie

X-Men: Apocalypse

As Ororo Munroe / Storm

Dark Phoenix

As Ororo Munroe / Storm

Anyone but You

As Claudia

Straight Outta Compton

As Kim

Love, Simon

As Abby

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

As Valentina

Chains

KinoChain journeys

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The Path to La La Land & Its Legacy

A decade on from its 2016 debut, La La Land remains a landmark achievement in modern cinema: a dazzling, bittersweet love letter to big dreams and hard choices....

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