History Creator / MelissaJoanHart

* ActorInspiredElement: Clarissa Darling has posters of Music/TheyMightBeGiants on her wall, because they were Melissa's favourite band at the time.

* CreatorBacklash: Didn't like acting alongside James van der Beek on ''Clarissa'' and actually asked producers not to choose him to play her love interest.

* RealitySubtext: Music/BritneySpears has a quick guest appearance AsHerself on ''Sabrina'', where she gets a brief break from touring to hang out with Sabrina. According to Melissa, this parallels her situation on set where she and everyone else would invite Britney to lunch but her entourage wouldn't allow her because she had to do more work.

** Claims she was offered a role in ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' but turned it down because she thought it was "just a rip-off of ''Film/{{Scream}}''."

--> ''[[CatchPhrase "Woo-hoo!"]]''

* ExecutiveMeddling: Defied by her producer mother. On ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' they wanted to pluck her eyebrows and put more make-up on her, which her mother refused to do since she wanted Clarissa to be a "normal kid". It seemed to work, and the show broke out of the GirlShowGhetto partly because of how relatable Clarissa was to both genders.

** In her autobiography she recalls going to an audition and bragging to the other girl in the elevator that she was sure she got it. This girl was Soleil Moon Frye and the audition was for ''Series/PunkyBrewster''.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Soleil Moon Frye joined ''Sabrina'' as Roxie in Season 5 because she and Melissa were good friends and wanted to collaborate on something.

** Claims she was offered a role in ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' but turned it down because she thought it was "just a rip-off of ''{{Franchise/Scream}}''."

Melissa Joan Hart (b. April 18th 1976 in Smithtown, New York) is an American actress, producer, director and novelist.

* ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' (1991-1994) - Clarissa Explains It All

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' (2000) - Delia & Deidre Dennis / Dee Dee

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''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'' (2019) - Becca Chang (voice)

* ContractualPurity: She was an adult by the time ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' finished, and her mother didn't want her to go straight for adult roles in order to preserve her kid fanbase. That didn't stop Archie Comics from going mad when Melissa posed in lingerie for ''Maxim'' - as they are infamously protective of their wholesome brand - never mind that Melissa was twenty-three when the shoot was done. She did however keep her partying and drug use hidden while on ''Sabrina'', claiming "it's not that I wasn't a bad girl; I just didn't get caught."

* RealLifeRelative: Sabrina's cousin Amanda was played by her little sister Emily Hart, who also voiced Sabrina in the animated series. Amanda's sister Allie was played by their other sister Alexandra Hart-Gilliams. All three, along with Brian Hart and Elizabeth Hart star together in the TV movie ''The Right Connections''. Her mother, Paula, served as the executive producer for ''Sabrina''.

Melissa Joan Hart (b. April 18th 1976) is an American actress, producer, director and novelist.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' (2019) - Becca Chang (voice)

A hugely successful child and teen star in the 90s, she also appeared in several films such as ''Film/DriveMeCrazy'', ''Film/TheSpecials'', and ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut''. She produced and directed many episodes of her latter two sitcoms, in addition to other TV movies. She's also competed on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' and released an autobiography titled ''Melissa Explains It All: Tales From My Abnormally Normal Life'' in 2013. She's also the daughter of Paula Hart, who acted as producer on all three of Melissa's sitcoms. [[ItRunsInTheFamily Her little sister Emily Hart was also an actress in the 2000s]].

* ''WesternAnimation/PickleAndPeanut'' (2017)- Herself

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' (2019) - Becky Chang (voice)

* ''Film/CantHardlyWait'' (1994) - Yearbook Girl (uncredited)

* OneOfUs: She's a huge WWE fan and frequently tweets about it. Wrestling/KevinNash, Wrestling/BillyGunn and {{Wrestling/Chyna}} all guest starred on ''Sabrina''.

* RealLifeRelative: Sabrina's cousin Amanda was played by her little sister Emily Hart, who also voiced Sabrina in the animated series. Amanda's sister Allie was played by their other sister Alexandra Hart-Gilliams. All three, along with Brian Hart and Elizabeth Hart star together in the TV movie ''The Right Connections''. Her mother, Paula, served as the executive producer for ''Sabrina..

* ''Series/MelissaAndJoey'' (2010-2015) - Melanie 'Mel' Longo

A hugely successful child and teen star in the 90s, she also appeared in several films such as ''Drive Me Crazy'', ''Film/TheSpecials'', and ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut''. She produced and directed many episodes of her latter two sitcoms, in addition to other TV movies. She's also competed on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' and released an autobiography titled ''Melissa Explains It All: Tales From My Abnormally Normal Life'' in 2013. She's also the daughter of Paula Hart, who acted as producer on all three of Melissa's sitcoms. [[ItRunsInTheFamily Her little sister Emily Hart was also an actress in the 2000s]].

* ''Drive Me Crazy'' (1999) - Nicole Maris

How familiar you are with Melissa Joan Hart will depend a lot on what particular era you were born in. If you were a child in the early 90s, then you'll best know her as Clarissa Darling, on the classic Nickelodeon sitcom ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll''. If you were born in the late 90s or early 2000s, you'll probably know her more as CuteWitch Sabrina Spellman on the FantasticSitcom ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' - as well as the three {{Made For TV Movie}}s alongside it and the AnimatedAdaptation where she provides the voices of both Aunts Hilda and Zelda. If you're part of TheNewTens demographic, you might know her as Mel Longo on the sitcom ''Series/MelissaAndJoey''. And yes, that's also her in Music/BritneySpears's video for "(You Drive Me) Crazy".

A hugely successful child and teen star in the 90s, she also appeared in several films such as ''Drive Me Crazy'', ''Film/TheSpecials'', and ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut''. She produced and directed many episodes of her latter two sitcoms, in addition to other TV movies. She's also competed on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' and released an autobiography titled ''Melissa Explains It All: Tales From My Abnormally Normal Life'' in 2013. She's also the daughter of Paula Hart, who acted as producer on all three of Melissa's sitcoms. Her little sister Emily Hart was also an actress in the 2000s.

How familiar you are with Melissa Joan Hart will depend a lot on what particular era you were born in. If you were a child in the early 90s, then you'll best know her as Clarissa Darling, on the classic Nickelodeon sitcom ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll''. If you were born in the late 90s or early 2000s, you'll probably know her more as CuteWitch Sabrina Spellman on the FantasticSitcom ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' - as well as the three {{Made For TV Movie}}s alongside it and the AnimatedAdaptation where she provides the voices of both Aunts Hilda and Zelda. If you're part of TheNewTens demographic, you might know her as Mel Longo on the sitcom ''Series/MelissaAndJoey''.

A hugely successful child and teen star in the 90s, she also appeared in several films such as ''Drive Me Crazy'', ''Film/TheSpecials'', and ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut''. She produced and directed many episodes of her latter two sitcoms, in addition to other TV movies. She's also competed on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' and released an autobiography titled ''Melissa Explains It All: Tales From My Abnormally Normal Life'' in 2013.