Melissa Joan Hart was born on the 18th April 1976, in Smithtown, New York USA. She is known as an actress, television producer and director which are the main sources of Melissa Joan Hart’s net worth. She rose to fame as the main star of the teen sitcom “Clarissa Explains It All” (1991–1994). Hart has been working in the entertainment industry since 1985.
How rich is this television and film actress? Reportedly, the overall size of Melissa Joan Hart’s net worth is as much as $25 million. It has been estimated that the actress earned approximately $40,000 per episode of the well known sitcom “Melissa & Joey” (2011–2015).
Melissa Joan Hart Net Worth $25 Million
Melissa Joan is the daughter of the talent manager and producer Paula Hart whose five children all became actors. As with many child actors, Melissa began her career appearing in television commercials. Then in 1985, she appeared in the miniseries “Kane & Abel” (1985). A year later, she co-starred with Katherine Helmond in the television film “Christmas Snow” (1986) which won an Emmy Award. In 1991, she rose to prominence as the lead actress in the teen sitcom created by Mitchell Kriegman “Clarissa Explains It All” (1991–1994). The series was nominatied for an Emmy Award, and Melissa Joan won three Young Artist Awards. When the series was closed down, Melissa entered university, though she had to drop out of it as she was invited to star in another lead role in the television series “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” (1996–2003), which also brought her three Young Artist Awards as well as two Kid’s Choice Awards. Meanwhile, she starred in many television and feature films, including “Two Came Back” (1997) directed by Dick Lowry, “Sabrina Goes to Rome” (1998) directed by Tibor Takacs, “Drive Me Crazy” (1999) directed by John Schultz and other films which also added sums to the net worth of Melissa Joan Hart.
In 2005, Hart directed her first film “Mute” (2005) in which her sister Emily was the main star. More, she kept on acting in various films among which the most popular was “Holiday in Handcuffs” (2007) directed by Ron Underwood. Furthermore, Melissa Joan co-starred with Joey Lawrence in the weekly television series “Melissa & Joey” (2010–2015) created by David Kendall and Bob Young – the series was produced by Melissa Joan Hart, herself, and the sitcom won the People’s Choice Award as the Favourite Cable TV Comedy in 2015. Melissa also landed roles in the music videos of Britney Spears, 50 Cent and Course of Nature.
In 2009, Melissa Joan Hart made one of her dreams come true, opening the candy shop “SweetHarts” in Sherman Oaks, California, USA which also added sums to her net worth.
Concerning the private life of the actress, Hart married the singer Mark Wilkerson in 2003, in Florence, Italy. The family has three sons and reside in Westport, Connecticut, US.
