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class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>She starred in Sabrina the Teenage Witch<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the photo, Melissa is seen standing in the water with her loved ones as they all beam from ear to ear.<\/p>\n<p>She showed off her incredible age-defying body in the black swimsuit and had her tied up in a bun.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--thesun aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Entertainment\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the <span class=\"newsletter-name theme-entertainment\">Entertainment<\/span> newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Melissa wrote over it: \u201cCelebrating 70, 50, 40, 30 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/football\/team\/187841\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a> with the <span id=\"2ed054b7-b30d-4deb-9701-ac3021937ad8\" class=\"suggested-link\">family<\/span>!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom + 6\/7 kids + memories,\u201d she said as she tagged the hotel they were staying at.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-readmore\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-wrapper article-readmore__content-wrapper--multi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/15972343\/melissa-joan-hart-kicks-salem-cat-sabrina-teenage-witch\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/08\/AV_HART_COMP2_eaeb25.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=360&amp;h=240&amp;crop=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">MAGIC TOUCH<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">90s actress wears tight shorts as fans praise star 21 years after show ended<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Melissa got her first big break when she starred as the lead in 90s teen sitcom Clarissa Explains It All.<\/p>\n<p>The show aired 65 episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/nickelodeon\/\">Nickelodeon<\/a> from 1991 to 1994.<\/p>\n<p>It paved the way for her <span id=\"5e57b867-dffa-4777-a039-ff768bea27ae\" class=\"suggested-link\">next<\/span> hit show, which was Sabrina the Teenage Witch.<\/p>\n<p>It followed Sabrina Spellman, who discovers she\u2019s a witch on her 16th birthday as she\u2019s sent to live with her eccentric aunts in the fictional town of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/riverdale\/\">Riverdale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rail-container rail-container--full-width rail-container--white\">\n<div class=\"rail rail--classic article theme-entertainment\">\n<p><h3 class=\"rail__title\">Most read in Entertainment<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The show, which premiered in 1996, ran for seven seasons and produced 163 episodes before its cancellation in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s since gone on to star in shows including Melissa &amp; Joey and No Good Nick.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of her acting roles, Melissa has appeared as a contestant on both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\">Dancing With The Stars<\/a> in 2009 and The Masked Singer in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In her personal life, she\u2019s married to musician Mark Wilkerson and they have three 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