A blonde, blue-eyed and clean-cut child performer, Hart has been emerging from her teen years with great style and promise as a sitcom star. After making her debut as a four-year-old in a toy commercial, she appeared on such series as "The Lucie Arnaz Show", "The Equalizer", "Saturday Night Live" (in 1984) and in the TV longforms "Kane and Abel" (CBS, 1985) and "Christmas Snow" (NBC, 1986). In 1989, Hart temporarily abandoned TV and tried the New York stage, making her Broadway debut opposite Martin Sheen in a revival of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and off-Broadway in Circle Repertory Company productions of "Imagining Brad" and "Beside Herself".

But Hart moved back to the small screen when offered the starring role on the Nickelodeon teen-oriented series "Clarissa Explains It All" (1991-1994). Playing a smart, goofy, wise-mouthed kid, she became a teen idol and even after the series ended, continued to market popular "Clarissa"-related board games, books, videos and albums. Her new-found popularity resulted in guest spots on the shows "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?", "Touched by an Angel", "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" and in the frenetic comedy "Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare" (ABC, 1995).

"Clarissa" was no sooner wound up when Hart and her mother developed another successful, youth-oriented sitcom, spun off from the TV-movie "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (Showtime, 1996). The series (ABC, 1996-2000; The WB, 2000- ), which showcased Hart as a ditsy, perky high school student whose two zany aunts encourage her magical powers, has been favorably compared with the earlier "Bewitched" both in content and in its lighthearted, nonsensical spirit. Shortly before the "Sabrina" series debuted, Hart deviated from type with the TV-movie "Twisted Desire" (NBC, 1996), playing a teenage vamp who convinces her boyfriend to kill her parents. She provided the story for and starred in the NBC drama "Surviving Mary" (1997), about a college student investigating sex attacks on a college campus.

Filmography

> "Robot Chicken"
- Operation Rich in Spirit (2005) TV Episode (voice)
> "Justice League"
... aka JL (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Justice League Unlimited (USA: new title)
- Once and Future Thing: Time, Warped, The: Part 2 (2005) TV Episode (voice) .... DeeDee
> Jack Satin (2005) .... Lauren Wells
> Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative (2004) (V) .... Nicole Maris (segment "[You Drive Me] Crazy")
> Jesus, Mary and Joey (2003) .... Jackie
> Hold On (2002)
> Rent Control (2002) .... Holly Washburn
> Not Another Teen Movie (2001) (uncredited) .... Girl at Party
... aka Sex Academy (Europe: English title: new title)
> The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (TV) .... Host
> 2001 Winter Special Olympics (2001) (TV)
> Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice) .... Rebecca 'Becky' Detweiller
> Backflash (2001) (V) .... C.J.
> Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000/I) (V) (voice) .... Delia & Deidre Dennis/Dee Dee
... aka Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker (Europe: English title: cut version)
... aka Return of the Joker (USA: informal English title)
> The Specials (2000) .... Sunlight Grrrll
> "Just Shoot Me!"
- Fast Times at Finchmont High (2000) TV Episode .... Krissy
> Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer (2000) (TV) (voice) .... Molly
> "That '70s Show"
- Eric Gets Suspended (1999) TV Episode .... Mary
> Sabrina, Down Under (1999) (TV) .... Sabrina Spellman
> Drive Me Crazy (1999) .... Nicole Maris
> "Sabrina the Animated Series" (1999) TV Series (voice) .... Aunt Hilda Spellman/Aunt Zelda Spellman
... aka Sabrina (USA: short title)
> Time Out with Britney Spears (1999) (V) (uncredited) .... Girl Standing ('Crazy' video)
> "The New Batman Superman Adventures"
- New Kids in Town (1998) TV Episode (voice) .... Imra Ardeen/Saturn Girl
> "Superman"
... aka Superman: The Animated Series (USA: informal alternative title)
- New Kids in Town (1998) TV Episode (voice) .... Saturn Girl
> Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998) (TV) .... Sabrina/Sophie
> Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Spellbound (1998) (VG) (voice) .... Sabrina Spellman
> America's Teenagers Growing Up On Television (1998) (TV) .... Host
> Can't Hardly Wait (1998) (uncredited) .... Vicki, Yearbook Girl
> Silencing Mary (1998) (TV) .... Mary Stuartson
... aka Campus Justice
> "You Wish"
- Genie Without a Cause (1997) TV Episode .... Sabrina Spellman
> "Teen Angel"
- One Dog Night (1997) TV Episode .... Sabrina Spellman
> "Boy Meets World"
- The Witches of Pennbrook (1997) TV Episode .... Sabrina Spellman
> Two Came Back (1997) (TV) .... Susan Clarkson
> The Right Connections (1997) (TV) .... Melanie Cambridge
> "Clueless"
- Mr. Wright (1997) TV Episode .... Sabrina Spellman
> "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) TV Series .... Sabrina Spellman
... aka Sabrina (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Sabrina Goes to College (USA: promotional title)
> Twisted Desire (1996) (TV) .... Jennifer Stanton
> Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) (TV) .... Sabrina Sawyer
> "Touched by an Angel"
- Angels on the Air (1995) TV Episode .... Claire Latham
> Clarissa (1995) (TV) .... Clarissa Darling
... aka Clarissa, Now (USA)
> Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995) (TV) .... Samantha
> "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
- The Tale of the Frozen Ghost (1993) TV Episode .... Daphne
> "Clarissa Explains It All" (1991) TV Series .... Clarissa Darling
... aka Clarissa (USA: short title)
> Christmas Snow (1986) (TV) (as Melissa Hart) .... Amy
> "Another World"
... aka Another World: Bay City
- Episode dated 22 April 1986 (1986) TV Episode .... Roller-Skater
> "The Equalizer"
- Torn (1986) TV Episode (as Melissa Hart) .... Laura Moore
> "Kane & Abel" (1985) (mini) TV Series (as Melissa Hart) .... Florentyna Rosnovski (Age 7)
> The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn (1985) (TV) .... Con Sawyer's Little Sister

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