Melissa Joan Hart is an American actress, producer and director. She had starring roles in the sitcoms Clarissa Explains It All, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Melissa & Joey. She has also appeared in films Drive Me Crazy, Nine Dead and God’s Not Dead 2. Hart is married to television executive Leslie Gilliams, who is best known for his appearance on season 5 of MasterChef.
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Melissa Joan Hart is an American actress, producer and director. She had starring roles as the titular characters in the sitcoms Clarissa Explains It All, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Melissa & Joey. She has also appeared in films Drive Me Crazy, Nine Dead and God’s Not Dead 2. Hart was born in Smithtown, New York, the first child of Paula Voje, a producer and talent manager, and William Hart, a carpenter, shellfish purveyor, oyster hatchery worker, and entrepreneur. Hart’s parents had four other children after Melissa: Trisha, Elizabeth, Brian, and Emily, who are all in acting. Hart has three half-sisters: Alexandra, Samantha, and Mackenzie. Hart also recorded two albums as Clarissa: This Is What ‘Na Na’ Means and a recording of Peter and the Wolf. She was named after the Allman Brothers song \”Melissa\”, while her middle name, Joan, came from her maternal grandmother. She chose Catherine as her confirmation name when she was in the eighth grade, but does not use it professionally. Hart is married to television executive Leslie Gilliams, who is best known for his appearance on season 5 of MasterChef.
She is the mother of three children: Trisha Hart, Elizabeth Hart, and Brian Hart, as well as a half-brother, Mackenzie, and a sister, Alexandra. She also has a step-daughter, Alexandra Hart, who lives in New York City with her husband. Hart appeared on Nickelodeon’s anthology show Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 2 episode \”The Tale of the Frozen Ghost\” in 1991. In 1998, Hart had a small role in the film Hardly Wait; shortly afterwards Hart began working on a theatrical project titled Next to You, which she acted alongside Adrian Grenier. She guest starred on the series Touched by an Angel and starred in several movies, including Sabrina Meets Spellman; and the episode of the Boyets World episode Witches of Pennbrook; she also guest starred as Candace Cameron-Bure’s closest friend Millie Millie in the movie To capitalize on the movie’s success, she acted as a witch named Millie.
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