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Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an
United States|American actor|actress who is best
known for playing the title roles in two
successful Television program|television series,
Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage
Witch (sitcom)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

== Personal history and family ==
Hart was born in Smithtown, New York, on Long
Island, and grew up in Sayville, New York.  Her
full name is Melissa Joan Catherine Hart,
Catherine being the name she chose for her
confirmation_(sacrament)|confirmation in Secondary
education in the United States|eighth grade.

Her immediate family includes her father, William
Hart, her mother Paula Hart, her
wiktionary:stepfather|stepfather, television
executive Leslie Gilliams, eight sisters (three of
them wiktionary:stepsister|stepsisters) and one
brother.  Most of her siblings have acted, among
them Elizabeth Hart, Brian Hart, Emily Hart, and
Alexandra Hart-Gilliams. Sister Trisha Hart has
worked as a producer. Her stepmother is the former
Lisa Hunt of Sayville.

== Career ==
Hart's career began early on. When she was still a
baby, she made her first television commercial|TV
commercial for a bathtub toy called Splashy. From
then on, she appeared regularly in commercials,
making 25 of them before the age of five. Other
early TV work included a small role in the
miniseries Kane & Abel (miniseries)|Kane &
Abel in 1985, a guest-starring role in an episode
of The Equalizer (TV series)|The Equalizer in
1986, and a starring role alongside Katherine
Helmond in the Emmy Award-winning TV movie
Christmas Snow, also in 1986.

In 1989, she auditioned for a Broadway production
of The Crucible starring Martin Sheen, becoming an
understudy to three of the young girls in the
play. This paved the way for her to land the title
role in the TV show Clarissa Explains It All. The
Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon series, a
comedy about a teen girl in everyday situations,
became a big hit and aired for five
Television_program|seasons. The show brought her
four consecutive Young Artist Award nominations,
of which she won three, and made her a household
name among American teenagers.

After the series was canceled, she attended New
York University. She did not complete her degree
as she resumed her acting career in 1994 when she
got the lead role for the TV movie Sabrina the
Teenage Witch, which eventually led to her also
starring as Sabrina in a television series which
lasted seven seasons. In between, she also worked
on the series Touched by an Angel and starred in
several TV movies.

In 1999, Melissa landed a small part in a movie
named Can't Hardly Wait, and then starred in
imdb:tt0164114|Drive Me Crazy, a movie that
includes "(You Drive Me) Crazy", a number-one hit
by Britney Spears, on its soundtrack. Hart also
appeared in the music video for this song. She has
appeared in other movies since Drive Me Crazy, but
none has brought her as much recognition.

In 2003, Hart and her production company,
Hartbreak Films, produced a miniseries entitled
Tying the Knot, documenting her wedding to
musician Mark Wilkerson, a member of the band
Course of Nature.

In June 2005, Hart announced that she and her
husband are expecting their first child in January
2006.

== Filmography and work on television ==
* Jesus, Mary and Joey (2003)
* Rent Control (2002) 
* Hold On (2002) 
* Backflash (2001)  
* Not Another Teen Movie (2001) 
* The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
(TV)
* The Specials (2000)
* Sabrina, Down Under (1999)
* imdb:tt0164114|Drive Me Crazy (1999)
* Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998)
* Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
* Silencing Mary (1998) (TV)
* Two Came Back (1997) (TV)
* The Right Connections (1997) (TV)
* Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) (TV)
* Sabrina, the Animated Series (1999) (TV)
* Twisted desire|Twisted Desire (1996) (TV)
* Clarissa (1995) (TV)
* Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995) (TV)
* Clarissa Explains It All (1991) (TV)

== External links ==
* imdb name|id=0004997|name=Melissa Joan Hart
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