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Alex Sharpe is an Irish singer who is best known as a former member of Celtic Woman. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Sharpe has a background in musical theater. She began her career by playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz in Dublin. She has also played young Sally in Follies in Concert, Jenny in Aspects of Love, Janet in The Rocky Horror Show, Mila in Aloha Kamano, and Kate Foley in The Wireman. She was asked to play Eponine in Les Misérables for the Cameron Mackintosh Company in England and Ireland and in the Concert Tour. She created the role of Bernadette in The Beautiful Game by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton.

Singing with Celtic Woman was a departure from Sharpe’s musical theater background. She became a temporary member of the ensemble when Lisa Kelly, the founding member, went on maternity leave in 2008. She expected to tour only one year with Celtic Woman, but in 2009 she became a permanent member and toured with them again. She recorded with them on the group’s 2010 CD and DVD "Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart". After the 2010 Songs of the Heart tour, she announced she would leave Celtic Woman to be with her family full-time. She has one son.

Since Celtic Woman, Sharpe has performed in the National Concert Hall in Dublin for the annual Christmas event (2010) and again in June 2011 for the “Movie Classics” concert. In November she sang in a “Musical Show Stoppers” concert in Sweden. In December 2012 she returned to the National Concert Hall in Dublin for the “Movie Classics, a Christmas Edition” concert. She was featured on Jenny Oaks Baker’s 2012 Christmas CD that was arranged and produced by Kurt Bestor.