Emily Hart

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Emily Hart
Born Emily Anne Hart
May 9, 1986 (1986-05-09) (age 22)
Smithtown, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
Years active 1996—present

Emily Hart (born May 9, 1986) is an American actress, best known for playing the title role of Sabrina, the Animated Series.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Emily Hart was born in New York, the daughter of television producer Paula Hart and William Hart. She has five sisters (two of whom are half-sisters) and two brothers. Her stepfather (since 1994) is television executive Leslie Gilliams.

Her older siblings Melissa, Trisha, Elizabeth and Brian Hart have all been in show business to varying degrees, as have younger half-sisters Alexandra Hart-Gilliams and Samantha Hart-Gilliams. Half-brother Mackenzie Gilliams is not in show business.

[edit] Career

Emily Hart started acting influenced by her older sister Melissa.[1]

In 1998, she won a Young Artist Award for her role in the television movie The Right Connections. She was also nominated that year for a guest appearance on the series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, which her sister Melissa Joan Hart starred in. A later episode of that series, entitled "Witchright Hall", served as a pilot for a possible spin-off series starring Hart as Sabrina's younger cousin Amanda, but the show was not picked up by the WB.

In 1999, Hart was cast in the title role of Sabrina, the Animated Series, for which she was nominated for Young Artist Awards in 2000 and 2001, winning the second of the two. Also in 2001, Hart starred as the teen-aged Shirley Temple in the TV movie Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story.

In 2003, she won another Young Artist Award for a guest appearance on the series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

[edit] Personal Life

She is the aunt of Mason Walter Wilkerson, Braydon Hart Wilkerson, Chris and Jonny Savage.

She is the granddaughter of Joan.

[edit] Awards and Nominations

[edit] Young Artist Award

Year Result Category
1998 Won Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film - Young Ensemble
For: The Right Connections
Shared with: Alexandra Hart-Gilliams, Brian Hart, Elizabeth Hart and Melissa Joan Hart
Nominated Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Guest Starring Young Actress
For: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
2000 Nominated Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress
For: Sabrina, the Animated Series
2001 Won Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress
For: Sabrina, the Animated Series
2003 Won Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress
For: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

[edit] References

  1. ^ TFK Q&A: Emily Hart. TimeForKids.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.

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Awards
Young Artist Award
Preceded by
Aria Noelle Curzon
for Dan Danger
Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress
for Sabrina, the Animated Series
2001
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
None
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress
for Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
2003
Succeeded by
Mackenzie Rosman
for 7th Heaven
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