From then on, she appeared regularly in commercials, making 25 of them before the age of five. Hart's career began at age four when she made a television commercial for a bathtub doll called Splashy. She chose Catherine as her confirmation name when she was in the eighth grade, but does not use it professionally. Hart was named after the Allman Brothers song ' Melissa', while her middle name, Joan, came from her maternal grandmother. Hart has three half-sisters: Alexandra, Samantha, and Mackenzie. In 1994, her mother married television executive Leslie Gilliams, who is best known for his appearance on Season 5 of MasterChef in 2014, when he finished in 3rd place. Her parents divorced in the early 1990s, and she moved with her mother and siblings to New York City. Hart's parents had four other children after Melissa: Trisha, Elizabeth, Brian, and Emily, who are all in acting. Her maternal grandfather, Stanley John Voje, was a Navy veteran and Catholic. 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. On October 17, 2021, she became the first celebrity to win the $1 million top prize for her charity, Youth Villages, on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and the fourth overall million dollar winner on Wheel of Fortune. She has also appeared in the films Drive Me Crazy (1999), Nine Dead (2009), and God's Not Dead 2 (2016). She appeared as Liz in No Good Nick (2019). She had starring roles as the title characters in the sitcoms Clarissa Explains It All (1991–1994), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003), and Melissa & Joey (2010–2015).

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

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