Melissa Joan Hart
Biography
Melissa Joan Hart is an American actress, producer and director who started working as a child, appearing in commercials from the age of four. Born in Smithtown, New York, she took early television roles before landing the title part in the Nickelodeon comedy Clarissa Explains It All in 1991, a four-year run that earned her four Young Artist Award nominations and three wins. She went on to star in the 1996 television film Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the series that followed, which ran for seven seasons on ABC and The WB, and she voiced characters in the related animated show. Her films include Drive Me Crazy (1999), Nine Dead (2009) and God's Not Dead 2 (2016), and she later headlined the sitcom Melissa & Joey. She also directed episodes of So Weird, Sabrina and Melissa & Joey, and played Liz in No Good Nick.
50years old
Turns 51 on April 18in 187 days
- Born Smithtown
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Melissa Joan Catherine Hart
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 29 years1996 to 2025
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First role
Hart's career started when she was four, with a TV commercial for Splashy, a bathtub doll. After that she was in commercials often, and by the time she was five she had made 25 of them.
A role that slipped away
Hart auditioned for the lead role of Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers but lost the part to Danielle Harris.
Big break
Hart earned the title role in the 1996 television film Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and she dropped out of New York University after that. The series of the same name lasted seven seasons.
A first
Hart's 2007 ABC Family film Holiday in Handcuffs, in which she starred opposite Mario Lopez, drew 6.7 million viewers and became the highest rated program in the network's history.
A change of course
Hart tried to crowdfund a romantic comedy called Darci's Walk of Shame on Kickstarter in 2013, but raised only $51,605, about 2.6 percent of the $2 million goal, and the project was scrapped.
Melissa Joan Hart movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tibor Takács directed two of these films. Tara Strong appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Tara Strong's page
Mario Lopez's page
Nick Bakay's page
Robin Givens's page
Barry Watson's page
Markie Post's page
Tibor TakácsDirector, 2 films, 1996 to 1998
All films by Tibor Takács
Also two films together4 more actors
- Josiah HarveyA Very Merry Toy Store (2017) and Broadcasting Christmas (2016)
- Ryan O'DonohueRecess: School's Out (2001) and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
- Angel AlvaradoFeliz NaviDAD (2020) and Christmas Reservations (2019)
- Leslie GilliamsA Very Nutty Christmas (2018) and Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.