Ripley earned critical acclaim and won the Best Actress in a Musical Tony and Helen Hayes awards for her work as Diana in the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock opera, Next to Normal.  Ripley received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for her work as conjoined twin Violet Hilton in the cult hit, Side Show.  As part of the original Broadway casts, Ripley created the roles of Mrs. Bateman/Mrs. Wolfe in American Psycho, Janet in The Rocky Horror Show, Molly Ivors in James Joyce's The Dead, Bathsheba in King David, Betty Schaefer in the originalSunset Boulevard, and the Specialist's Assistant in The Who's Tommy.  Ripley also had a long stay at the Imperial Theatre as Fantine in the original Les Misérables. This spring, Alice will star in the one woman off-Broadway play Pink Unicorn with Out of the Box Theatrics.

Alice Ripley plays Kathleen, Sophia's mother, on the new Netflix half-hour comedy,#GIRLBOSS.  #GIRLBOSS premiered in April 2017.  Other television work includes Blue Bloods,Royal Pains, 30 Rock, and Hee Haw. She most recently filmed the film 2ND CIVIL WAR which will premiere later this year at the TriBeCa film festival.

Ripley stars in the award-winning indie musical movie, SUGAR!, which played the 2016 festival circuit and recently gained distribution.  Other film work includes Bear With Us, The Way I Remember It (starring Christine Ebersole), Muckland, Sing Along, Isn't It Delicious, andThe Adulterer.

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Ripley is also an accomplished musician and has written and produced her own music.  Recordings include "Daily Practice: Vol 1," "Outtasite," "RIPLEY EP," and "Everything's Fine," as well as numerous Broadway cast and compilation albums.