What is Alexandra Shipp?
{{Infobox person | name = Alexandra Shipp | image = Alexandra Shipp by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg | caption = Shipp at the 2019 [[WonderCon]] promoting ''[[Dark Phoenix (film)|Dark Phoenix]]'' | birth_name = Alexandra Ruth Shipp | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|7|16}} | birth_place = [[Phoenix, Arizona]], U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| * Actress * singer * songwriter * multi-instrumentalist }} | years_active = 2009–present }} '''Alexandra Ruth Shipp''' (born July 16, 1991) is an American actress, singer-songwriter and musician. She is known for playing singer [[Aaliyah]] in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] television movie ''[[Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B]]'' (2014) and Kimberly Woodruff in the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-nominated movie ''[[Straight Outta Compton (movie)|Straight Outta Compton]]'' (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/11/alexandra-shipp-interview-personality-complex-Aaliyah|title=Personality Complex: Alexandra Shipp Goes From Emo Kid to Aaliyah|website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]|first=Tara|last=Aquino|date=November 12, 2014|access-date=2015-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123054840/http://ca.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/11/alexandra-shipp-interview-personality-complex-aaliyah|archive-date=2015-01-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shipp is best known for playing [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]] in the [[X-Men (movie series)|''X-Men'' franchise]], starting with ''[[X-Men: Apocalypse]]'', and Abby Suso in the 2018 [[romantic comedy]] ''[[Love, Simon]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shipp, Alexandra}} [[Category:1991 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:American singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Singers from Phoenix, Arizona]] [[Category:Actors from Phoenix, Arizona]] [[Category:Musicians from Phoenix, Arizona]] [[Category:Writers from Phoenix, Arizona]] {{US-actor-stub}}