Alice Ripley received the Tony Award and Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress in a Musical for “Next to Normal,” as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Her performance as conjoined twin Violet Hilton in “Side Show” earned her and her co-star Emily Skinner a shared 1998 Tony Award nomination, making them the first to be co-nominated in a musical. She also starred in the original Broadway casts of “The Rocky Horror Show,” “James Joyce’s The Dead,” “Sunset Boulevard,” “American Psycho” and “The Who’s Tommy.” She also appeared on Broadway and on National tour in “Les Misérables,” and in Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions of “Next to Normal,” “Five Flights,” “James Joyce’s The Dead,” “The Vagina Monologues,” “Tell Me on a Sunday,” “Shakespeare in Hollywood,” and “Company.”  She recently played the role of Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" at North Shore Music Theatre.

On television Alice has been featured on “Blue Bloods,” “Royal Pains,” and “30 Rock.” She won the award for Best Actress in a Feature Film for SUGAR! at the Glendale International Film Festival in 2016. Her recordings include Next to Normal, Little Fish, Skinner/Ripley: Raw at Town Hall, Sondheim: The Stephen Sondheim Album, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, The Rocky Horror Show, The Stephen Schwartz Album, Duets. Unsuspecting Hearts, Side Show, and The Who’s Tommy. With her band RIPLEY, Alice has written and produced the albums Everything’s Fine (2001, Sh-K-Boom Records), Ripley EP (2003), Outtasite (2006).