- Mother, Lillian Russelle, was a former Model, Singer who later got into Acting.
- She was a Pre-School Teacher's Aide at a Private Non-Profit Christian School. And during the Summers, worked with children ages 6-14 years old as a Group Leader/Counselor for the Y.M.C.A.
- While attending a Recording Session at Jamie Foxx studio; Sharp was introduced to Christopher Broughton who was interested in having her write a song for then upcoming movie Vegas Vampires (2007). That meeting resulted in Sharp not only Writing, Performing and Co-Producing the song 'Surrender (I)', but; to her surprise, the song was also featured throughout the movies' soundtrack.
- Sharp continued to work closely with Christopher Broughton who then asked if she would be interested in writing a song for the soundtrack of Tournament of Dreams (2007) starring Debbie Allen,Tony Todd and featured Game. Again; she went into the studio, wrote and performed the song "Untitled".
- Is an avid reader...
- Loves all kinds of music. Favorites include; John Mayer,The Bee Gees and Phil Collins. Just to name a few.
- During her second year of High School, she began taking College Prep Courses. While in College, she Majored in Physiology and Minored in Anatomy. While equally dedicated to both studies, she made it to the Deans List..
- She is of Mixed Ethnicity: Indian, French, Puerto Rician and Caucasian.
- She has one brother, Matthew and two nieces, Kjaidyn and Jaelynn.
- Father D. Russelle lost his battle with Prostate Cancer March 2009.
- Older sister Elisabeth became a Pediatric Nurse after learning she was unable to successfully conceive children of her own.
- Adopted at a very young age by close friends of her biological mother whom she's only met once before she passed in 1993. Charyse is the second youngest of 8 children. Middle brother Chris was killed in an auto accident at the age of 8 years by a drunk driver.
- After graduating high school, she buckled down and decided to pursue a career in music, creating her alter ego "C-Sharp" which came from combining her first name Charyse and her biological mother's last name Sharp. Although there are many C-Sharps in Hip-Hop and R&B, Charyse is very distinct in her sound and style of music.
- Is the niece of the 1980s iconic beauty, Jane Kennedy.
- Reunited with her biological father, J. Monet, who now resides in Hawaii.
- The Feature Film; "Family" in which Charyse played the Lead role of Kemp. Was Officially selected to debut at the 2009 Pan-African Film Festival in Los Angeles. (January 2009)
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