Melissa Joan Hart
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Melissa Joan Hart

Melissa Joan Hart, American actress

Life at a glance

Born
1976 · April 18
Age this year
50No death recorded in our data
Known as
television actor, voice actor, film producer, singer, and entrepreneur. Citizenship: United States
Born
50th anniversary of their birth this year

Their story

Who they were

Personal life On July 19, 2003, Hart married musician Mark Wilkerson , having met him at the Kentucky Derby in May 2002. [ 1 ] The preparations for the ceremony, which took place in Florence , Italy, were documented in a television miniseries titled Tying the Knot , produced by Hart's production company Hartbreak Films and aired on ABC Family. Hart and Wilkerson have three sons. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They lived in Westport, Connecticut , until 2019,

Melissa Joan Hart is an American actress, director and producer. She had starring roles as the title characters in the sitcoms Clarissa Explains It All, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Melissa & Joey, and she appeared as Liz in No Good Nick. She has also appeared in the films Drive Me Crazy (1999), Nine Dead (2009), and God's Not Dead 2 (2016).

Early life

Educated at: New York University and Professional Children's School.

Early life Hart was born in Smithtown, New York , the first child of Paula Hart (née Voje), a producer and talent manager, and William Hart, a carpenter, shellfish purveyor, oyster hatchery worker, and entrepreneur. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Her maternal grandfather, Stanley John Voje, was a Navy veteran and Catholic . [ 3 ] Hart's parents had four other children after Melissa: Trisha, Elizabeth, Brian, and Emily , who are all in acting. Her parents divorced in the early 1990s,

Path and career

Career Early career Hart's career began at age four when she made a television commercial for a bathtub doll called Splashy. [ 1 ] From then on, she appeared regularly in commercials, making 25 of them before the age of five. Other early television work included a small role in the miniseries Kane & Abel in 1985, a guest-starring role in an episode of The Equalizer [ 2 ] in 1986, and a starring role alongside Katherine Helmond in the Emmy Award -winning television film Christmas Snow , [

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Questions about Melissa Joan Hart

When was Melissa Joan Hart born?

April 18 1976.

How old would Melissa Joan Hart be today?

50 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.

Who else was born on April 18?

Alia Shawkat, Miguel Cabrera, Divock Origi and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.

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