About Melissa:

Birth Name : Melissa Joan Catherine Hart

Birthdate : April 18, 1976

Birthplace : Smithtown, New York

Nickname : Mel, SA. Halfpint

Height: 5' 3" (160cm)

Occupations : Actress, Producer, Director

Quote : "With Clarissa, I just kind of went in and did it. I was just saying the lines. Now I concentrate more on the jokes, timing and acting." --Los Angeles Times, December 1996

Claim to Fame: Starred in title role on the Nickleodeon series Clarissa Explains It All (1991-94)

Zodiac Sign : Aries

Eyes : Her eye color is beautiful blue but she also has a "lazy" right eyelid, which means that her right eye is unable to open as wide as her left eye.

Education : New York University, New York, New York; attending via correspondence courses

About Her Family:

Father : William Hart, shellfish supplier; divorced from Hart's mother

Mother : Paula Hart, agent, TV producer; partner in Hartbreak Films; remarried

Stepfather : Leslie Gilliams, TV executive

Brother : Brian Hart, born 1984

Sister : Emily Hart, born 1986

Half-sister: Alexandra Hart Gilliams, born 1993

Half-sister: Samantha Gilliams, born 1996

Hart was born in Smithtown, New York, the first child of Billy and Paula Hart, a young hippie couple of modest means who worked odd jobs to pay the bills. Hart stood out as the most precocious of the couple's children, and when she announced that she wanted to become a TV star, her mother took a chance and found her daughter an agent. In 1980, at the age of four, Hart booked her first commercial for a bathtub doll named Splashy. Within four months, she had taped 20 commercials that aired nationally. At 13, Hart became the youngest member of New York City's famed theater troupe Circle Repertory, where she caught the eyes of producers looking to cast the lead role in a new Nickelodeon show called "Clarissa Explains It All." Winner of numerous Youth in Film awards for her work, Melissa was nominated for a CableACE award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Clarissa Explains It All. In addition to Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Hart has appeared on such series as Just Shoot Me and That '70s Show and co-hosted the American Music Awards with Brandy. The girl-power series, Clarissa, debuted in the spring of 1991 and was a smash hit, proving that a spunky female character could carry a kid's show. But unfortunately, Hart's life was not going as well. Her parents got divorced, and she and her seven siblings moved into a small apartment in Manhattan with their mother.

1998: Young Artist Award Best Performance in Comedy Series (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)

1997: Young Artist Award: Leading TV Comedy Young Actress Series (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)

1993: Young Artist Award: Best Young Actress Starring in a Cable Series, Clarissa Explians It All

1992: Young Artist Award: Best Young Actress Starring in a Cable Series, Clarissa Explians It All

*Rent Control (2002) Played: Holly Washburn

*Intimate Portrait: Melissa Joan Hart (2002) (TV) .... Herself

*Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '02 (2002) (TV) .... Presenter

*Intimate Portrait: Barbara Eden (2002) (TV) .... Herself

*"Witchright Hall" (2001) TV Series Played: Sabrina

*Backflash (2001) (V) Played: C.J.

*Express Yourself (2001) (TV) .... Herself

*Not Another Teen Movie (2001) (uncredited) Played: Girl at Party

... aka Sex Academy (2002) (Europe: English title: new title)

*Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The (2001) (TV) Played: Host

*Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice) Played: Rebecca 'Becky' Detweiller

*28th Annual American Music Awards (2001) (TV) .... Presenter

*Santa Mouse and the Rat Deer (2000) (voice) .... Molly

*Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000/I) (V) (voice) .... Delia & Deidre Dennis/Dee Dee

... aka Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker (2000) (V) (Europe: English title: cut version)

... aka Return of the Joker (2000) (V) (USA: informal English title)

*Specials, The (2000) Played: Sunlight Grrrl

*Sabrina, Down Under (1999) (TV) Played: Sabrina Spellman

*Drive Me Crazy (1999) Played: Nicole Maris

*"Sabrina the Animated Series" (1999) TV Series (voice) .... Aunt Hilda Spellman/Aunt Zelda Spellman

... aka "Sabrina" (1999) (USA: short title)

*26th Annual American Music Awards (1998) (TV) .... Host

*Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Spellbound (1998) (VG) (voice) Played: Sabrina Spellman

*Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998) (TV) Played: Sabrina/Sophie

*"Hollywood Squares" (1998) TV Series .... Guest Regular

*"Hercules" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Celena

... aka "Disney's Hercules" (1998) (USA)

*America's Teenagers Growing Up On Television (1998) (TV) .... Host

*Can't Hardly Wait (1998) (uncredited) Played: Yearbook Girl (Vicki)

*Silencing Mary (1998) (TV) Played: Mary Stuartson

... aka Campus Justice (1998) (TV)

*Two Came Back (1997) (TV) Played: Susan Clarkson

*Right Connections, The (1997) (TV) Played: Melanie Cambridge

*Totally California (1997) (TV) Played: Herself

*"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) TV Series Played: Sabrina J. Spellman/Katrina Spellman

... aka "Sabrina Goes to College" (1996) (USA: promotional title)

... aka "Sabrina" (1996) (USA: promotional abbreviation)

*Twisted Desire (1996) (TV) Played Jennifer Stanton

*Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) (TV) Played: Sabrina Sawyer

*Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995) (TV) Played: Samantha

*"Clarissa Explains It All" (1991) TV Series Played: Clarissa Darling

*Christmas Snow (1986) (TV)

*Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn, The (1985) (TV) Played: Con Sawyer's Little Sister

*"Kane & Abel" (1985) (mini) TV Series (as Melissa Hart) Played: Florentyna Rosnovski (Age 7)

*Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001) (TV) (executive producer)

*Sabrina, Down Under (1999) (TV) (producer)

*"Sabrina the Animated Series" (1999) TV Series (producer)

... aka "Sabrina" (1999) (USA: short title)

*Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998) (TV) (producer)

*"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) TV Series (producer)

... aka "Sabrina Goes to College" (1996) (USA: promotional title)

... aka "Sabrina" (1996) (USA: promotional abbreviation)

*"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) TV Series

... aka "Sabrina Goes to College" (1996) (USA: promotional title)

... aka "Sabrina" (1996) (USA: promotional abbreviation)

*"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999) playing "Herself" 9/28/2001

*"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999) playing "Herself" 3/29/2001

*"Just Shoot Me" (1997) playing "Krissy" in episode: "Fast Times at Finchmont High" (episode # 4.24) 5/16/2000

*"That '70s Show" (1998) playing "Mary" in episode: "Eric Gets Suspended" (episode # 2.9) 11/30/1999

*"Superman" (1996) playing "Saturn Girl"(voice) in episode: "New Kids in Town" (episode # 3.3) 10/31/1998

*"New Batman/Superman Adventures, The" (1997) playing "Imra Ardeen/Saturn Girl"(voice) in episode: "New Kids In Town" 10/31/1998

*"Teen Angel" (1997) playing "Sabrina Spellman" in episode: "One Dog Night" (episode # 1.7) 11/7/1997

*"You Wish" (1997) playing "Sabrina Spellman" in episode: "Genie Without A Cause" (episode # 1.7) 11/7/1997

*"Boy Meets World" (1993) playing "Sabrina Spellman" in episode: "Witches of Pennbrook, The" (episode # 5.5) 10/31/1997

*"Clueless" (1996) playing "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" in episode: "Mr. Wright" (episode # 1.17) 2/7/1997

*"Touched by an Angel" (1994) playing "Claire Latham" in episode: "Angels on the Air" (episode # 2.5) 10/21/1995

*"America's Funniest People" (1990) playing "Herself" 10/17/1993

*"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1992) playing "Daphne" in episode: "Tale of the Frozen Ghost, The" (episode # 2.8) 8/14/1993

*"Equalizer, The" (1985) playing "Laura Moore"(as Melissa Hart) in episode: "Torn" (episode # 1.17) 2/5/1986

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