Melissa Joan Hart
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Melissa grew up in Sayville, New York. Her acting career started at the
age of four, when she did a commercial for a bathtub toy called
Splashy. Her mother, Paula Hart, has been her
agent from the beginning. Melissa is the oldest of eight children, some
from her mother's second marriage. Six sisters,
Trisha Hart,
Elizabeth Hart,
Emily Hart,
Alexandra Hart-Gilliams,
Samantha Hart, and Mackenzie Lee Hart,
who is the only sibling who never appeared on Melissa's TV series,
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996).
Her brother is Brian Hart.
Melissa performed in two plays as the youngest member of New York's
Circle Repertory Lab Company: "Beside Herself" in 1989 (starring
Lois Smith and
William Hurt) and "Imagining Brad" in 1990.
She was also in the National Actors Theater production of "The
Crucible" on Broadway with Martin Sheen (as
understudy of three of the children in the play). Melissa cites
Shirley Temple and
Audrey Hepburn as early acting
inspirations and still collects memorabilia of the former. For the past
few years, she has been juggling acting and attending New York
University. She's now living in Connecticut.
age of four, when she did a commercial for a bathtub toy called
Splashy. Her mother, Paula Hart, has been her
agent from the beginning. Melissa is the oldest of eight children, some
from her mother's second marriage. Six sisters,
Trisha Hart,
Elizabeth Hart,
Emily Hart,
Alexandra Hart-Gilliams,
Samantha Hart, and Mackenzie Lee Hart,
who is the only sibling who never appeared on Melissa's TV series,
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996).
Her brother is Brian Hart.
Melissa performed in two plays as the youngest member of New York's
Circle Repertory Lab Company: "Beside Herself" in 1989 (starring
Lois Smith and
William Hurt) and "Imagining Brad" in 1990.
She was also in the National Actors Theater production of "The
Crucible" on Broadway with Martin Sheen (as
understudy of three of the children in the play). Melissa cites
Shirley Temple and
Audrey Hepburn as early acting
inspirations and still collects memorabilia of the former. For the past
few years, she has been juggling acting and attending New York
University. She's now living in Connecticut.