Alexandra Ruth Shipp

Shipp was born on July 16, 1991 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Her mother is a Kundalini yoga teacher, and her father is a musician. Her father is black and her mother is white. 

She has two brothers, James and Jordan, and a stepsister, Kasia. 

She moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. 

Shipp made her acting debut with a minor role in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. She went on to star in the third season of Nickelodeon's mystery teen drama series House of Anubis, playing the role of KT Rush. 

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She reprised the role of Ororo Munroe / Storm in the 2019 film Dark Phoenix and  the same summer, also starred as Sasha Arias in the Shaft sequel.

Shipp publicly came out as a member of the LGBT community in June 2021, though she didn't specify a label.