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Alexandra Shipp(II)

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Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick ... BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent.
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Alexandra Shipp is known for her role as the iconic mohawked super heroine 'Storm' in Twentieth Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), directed by Bryan Singer. Shipp plays a younger version of 'Storm' (originally played by Halle Berry). Determined to make the mutant character her own, she delivers a new spin on 'Storm,' which many media outlets boasted her as the "breakout" star of the film. Shipp reprised the role of 'Storm' in the next feature X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).

In 2018, Shipp co-starred with Nick Robinson in Fox 2000's coming-of-age story Love, Simon (2018)., based on the popular Young Adult book "Simon VS the Homo Sapien Agenda." She also played in Simon Kaijser's psychological thriller Spinning Man (2018), based on the novel by George Harrar. The next year, she had significant roles in the drama A Dog's Way Home (2019), the action thriller Shaft (2019), and comedy Jexi (2019).

Previously, Alexandra appeared in Universal Pictures' Oscar nominated feature Straight Outta Compton (2015), which has become the highest grossing music biopic of all-time. Shipp's other film credits include the two-hander Tragedy Girls (2017) and the title role of 'Aaliyah' in the Lifetime biopic, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014) which she demonstrated and was praised for her singing and dancing talents. The same year, she was the lead in Drumline: A New Beat (2014) the VH1's sequel to 2002's Drumline (2002).

Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Shipp moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career at 17. She is known for her role as 'KT Rush,' on Nickelodeon teen drama-mystery series, House of Anubis (2011) and made her film debut in the Fox feature film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), playing the role of 'Valentina'.

Aside from acting, she is a songwriter, pianist, and guitar player.
BornJuly 16, 1991
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Alexandra Shipp
Alexandra Shipp
Alexandra Shipp in Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014)
Alexandra Shipp in Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014)
Alexandra Shipp in A Dog's Way Home (2019)
Alexandra Shipp in Conan (2010)
Andrew Garfield and Alexandra Shipp in tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
Alexandra Shipp and Nick Robinson in Silk Road (2021)
Alexandra Shipp, Nick Robinson, and Daniel David Stewart in Silk Road (2021)
Alexandra Shipp in Endless (2020)
Alexandra Shipp in Endless (2020)
Alexandra Shipp in Endless (2020)

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Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Evan Peters, Olivia Munn, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, and Ben Hardy in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse
6.9
  • Ororo Munroe
  • Storm
  • 2016
Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
5.7
  • Ororo Munroe
  • Storm
  • 2019
Nick Robinson in Love, Simon (2018)
Love, Simon
7.5
  • Abby
  • 2018
Samuel L. Jackson, Regina Hall, Richard Roundtree, and Jessie T. Usher in Shaft (2019)
Shaft
6.4
  • Sasha Arias
  • 2019

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Actress

  • Barbie
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  • Kung Fury 2
    • Post-production
  • Space Oddity (2022)
    Space Oddity
  • GG Magree: Already Dead (2022)
    GG Magree: Already Dead
  • Andrew Garfield in tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
    tick, tick... BOOM!
  • Asking for It (2021)
    Asking for It
  • Jason Clarke and Nick Robinson in Silk Road (2021)
    Silk Road
  • Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020)
    Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
  • Alexandra Shipp and Nicholas Hamilton in Endless (2020)
    Endless
  • Elle Fanning and Justice Smith in All the Bright Places (2020)
    All the Bright Places
  • Adam Devine in Jexi (2019)
    Jexi
  • Telling Lies (2019)
    Telling Lies
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Regina Hall, Richard Roundtree, and Jessie T. Usher in Shaft (2019)
    Shaft
  • Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
    X-Men: Dark Phoenix
  • A Dog's Way Home (2019)
    A Dog's Way Home
  • Brad Pitt, Josh Brolin, Ryan Reynolds, Terry Crews, Bill Skarsgård, Leslie Uggams, Morena Baccarin, Lewis Tan, Stefan Kapicic, Rob Delaney, Shioli Kutsuna, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, and Brianna Hildebrand in Deadpool 2 (2018)
    Deadpool 2
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  • Lucy Hale, Kathryn Prescott, Alexandra Shipp, and Awkwafina in Dude (2018)
    Dude

Producer

  • The Co-Founder
  • Alexandra Shipp and Nicholas Hamilton in Endless (2020)
    Endless
  • Diving (2018)
    Diving

Soundtrack

  • Andrew Garfield in tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
    tick, tick... BOOM!
  • Lucy Hale, Kathryn Prescott, Alexandra Shipp, and Awkwafina in Dude (2018)
    Dude

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'Jexi' Star Alexandra Shipp Wants to Be Friends With This Cartoon Character
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The Best X-Men Scenes According to the Cast of 'Dark Phoenix'
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    • July 16, 1991
    • Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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    Her father is African-American. Her mother is white (of English, Scottish, and Irish descent).

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