Melissa Biosheet from "Teen Beat"

MELISSA JOAN HART

Biographical Information

NAME: Melissa Joan Hart
BIRTHDATE: April 18, 1976
BIRTHPLACE: Sayville, NY
CURRENT RESIDENCE: New York City and Englewood, New Jersey
HAIR: Blonde
EYES: Blue
HEIGHT: 5’2"

HOW SHE GOT STARTED IN SHOW BUSINESS: "I was four," Melissa Joan Hart answers when asked when she got into show biz. The New York actress adds: "I did commercials, than a guest appearance on "The Equalizer" and "Saturday Night Live", then I went to off-Broadway and got into plays and stuff, but then I got Clarissa." Clarissa, of course, is "Clarissa Explains It All", The long-running Nickelodeon series that recently wrapped up its first-run episodes. In the last episode, Clarissa graduated from high school and moved to New York to begin an internship at a newspaper. Ironically, the show which ran for 5 years, in some ways mirrors Melissa’s own life. She, too, moved to New York--well, to her family’s home in New Jersey--to attend college at New York University. However, Melissa had to take on independent studies for a while because she had a few other irons on the fire. She was busy making the NBC-TV movie "Twisted Desire", the cable film "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and then the spin-off series of "Sabrina" for ABC. That series begins in September of 1996, so it looks as if Melissa might be hitting the books independently for a while to come!

TELEVISION

"The Equalizer" (guest) "Saturday Night Live" (guest) "Clarissa Explains It All" "Twisted Desire" (TV movie) "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (Cable-TV movie) "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (series)

BOOK & VIDEO

"Clarissa´s All-In-One Perfect Complete Book Of Everything Important"

ALBUMS

"Peter And The Wolf" (part of The Young People’s Guide to the Orchestra) "Now You Know What Na-Na Means"

PERSONAL INFO

Siblings: Melissa has four sisters and one brother!
Fave City: New York
Fave Pastimes In New York: Ice skating in Central Park, shopping at FAO Schwartz and walking around Greenwich Village
Fave Books: British literature, especially Jane Austen
Fave Exercise: Dancing--jazz and ballet
Fave Sports: Snowboarding and skiing (her boyfriend is a ski instructor!)
Fave Clothes: Jeans, sweaters and T-shirts
Fave Instrument: Guitar--she’s learning how to play
Fave TV Shows: "Roseanne and Melrose Place"
Fave Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robin Williams, Johnny Depp, Ethan Hawke
Philosophy Of Life: "Be yourself!"

WHERE TO WRITE MELISSA JOAN HART:

Melissa Joan Hart
"Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
c/o ABC-TV
2040 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067