Melissa Joan Hart Says Early Acting Career Earnings Helped Support Her 7 Siblings

The actress rose to fame in her early teens with roles in ‘Clarissa Explains It All’ and ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch.’
Melissa Joan Hart Says Early Acting Career Earnings Helped Support Her 7 Siblings
Melissa Joan Hart attends Variety's 2024 Power of Women: New York event in New York City on May 2, 2024. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Audrey Enjoli
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Actress Melissa Joan Hart, who gained fame in her early teens with roles on popular ‘90s shows, including “Clarissa Explains It All” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” has disclosed that the income she made as a child actor was used to support her family, including her seven siblings.

“I felt like I had to behave to be a role model for them,” the actress said during a recent appearance on the “Pop Culture Moms“ podcast, published on Aug. 13.