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Melissa Joan Hart was born on April 18, 1976 in Sayville, New York. Melissa shot her first national TV commercial when she was four years old, she's been working non-stop since then. Besides dozens of national commercials and voice-overs, Melissa has appeared in the NBC TV-movie Christmas Show, guested on The Equalizer, The Luci Arnaz Show, Saturday Night Live and Another World. She also starred in the ABC Weekend Special The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn. Of course, her biggest TV venture has been Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains it All, which took a break from the air in the fall of 1994. However, Clarissa will reappear on a major TV network in 1995; this time she will be taking some college courses and working on a New York City newspaper. Melissa has also done theater and appeared in the off-Broadway play Beside Herself with actor William Hurt; she appeared on Broadway in The Crucible. Melissa continues to write an advice column for the popular teen magazine Teen Beat.
Personal Info
Full name: Melissa Joan Catherine Hart.
Siblings: Melissa is the oldest of five children, Bliz, Emily, Brian and Alexandra, all of whom are in show biz.
Pets: One dog, Whiskers. One cat, Trigger. One duck, Flipper.
Cars: A Silver Toyota Celica GT and a Dark green Jeep.
Houses: Still at home or on campus at NYU (sharing with three other students) and has a condo in Pennsylvania.
College: New York University, Melissa entered as a part-time freshman in the fall of 1994.
Fun Venture: The release of a CD called This Is What NA NA Means with her "Clarissa" band.
Fave Color: Green.
Fave Music: Rap (doesnït like groups like NKOTB or Take That).
Fave Movies: Speed, Backdraft.
Fave Autor: Jane Austin.
Fave School Subject: Math -- Algebra.
Fave Rides At Universal Park: King Kong and Jaws.
Fave Sport: Snowboarding, field hockey.
Fave Pastimes: Playing pool and watching baseball.
Fave Five Guys: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robin Williams, Johnny Depp, Ethan Hawke and Cary Grant.
Fave TV Shows: Roseanne and Melrose Place.
Fave Clothes: Shoes -- clogs, sandals, sneakers and Doc Martens.
