melissa joan hart wiki

melissa joan hart wiki : Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress, voice artist, director, producer, singer, fashion designer, and businesswoman. She is best known for her starring roles as the titular characters in the sitcoms Clarissa Explains It All (1991–1994), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003), and Melissa & Joey (2010–2015). Hart has been married to musician Mark Wilkerson since July 19, 2003; together, they have three sons.

Hart was born in Smithtown, New York, the first child of Paula, a producer and talent manager, and William Hart, a carpenter, shellfish purveyor, oyster hatchery worker, and entrepreneur. Her maternal grandfather, Stanley John Voje, was a Navy veteran and Catholic. Hart grew up in Sayville, New York.

Hart's parents had four other children after Melissa: Trisha, Elizabeth, Brian, and Emily, who are all in acting. Her parents were divorced in the early 1990s, and she moved with her mother and siblings to New York City. In 1994, her mother married television executive Leslie Gilliams. Hart has three half-sisters: Alexandra, Samantha, and Mackenzie.

Hart was named after the Allman Brothers song "Melissa", while her middle name, Joan, came from her maternal grandmother. She chose Catherine as her confirmation name when she was in the eighth grade, but does not use it professionally.

In 2016, Hart starred as the lead, Grace Wesley, in the film God's Not Dead 2.

In May 2009, Hart opened a candy shop called SweetHarts in Sherman Oaks, California.Hart commented that it had been her "childhood dream" to own a candy shop. SweetHarts closed in December 2011 due to a lawsuit by a former employee alleging wrongful termination and racial discrimination, as well as other issues, and afterwards reopened under the same name with new owners. In 2015 it closed permanently.

In 2015, Hart and her husband started their own fashion line called King of Harts.

Hart and her family are Christian. In an interview, she stated that they attend church every Sunday and pray every night and before every meal.

Hart has expressed her support for the Republican Party.On August 28, 2016, she announced that she had joined Johnson's campaign as the Connecticut chairperson.