Scripted series · Nickelodeon
Clarissa Explains It All
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Melissa Joan Hart
Clarissa Darling
65 eps
Jason Zimbler
Ferguson Darling
65 eps
Elizabeth Hess
Janet Darling
65 eps
Joe O'Connor
Marshall Darling
65 eps
Sean O'Neal
Sam Anders
65 eps
Heather MacRae
Mafalda
2 eps
Nicole Leach
Olivia DuPris
4 eps
James Van Der Beek
Paulie
1 eps
JoAnna Garcia Swisher
Fiona
1 eps
Shannon Woodward
Missy
2 eps
Patricia O'Connell
Kate Whitacre (uncredited)
1 eps
Sheeri Rappaport
Piper Henderson
1 eps
David Singletary
Michael (uncredited)
2 eps
James Michael Detmar
Game Show Host
1 eps
David Watts
Flip Fontana
1 eps
Patricia Scanlon
Jill
1 eps
Theresa Tiriro
Jody
1 eps
Danny Gura
Robertson (uncredited)
1 eps
Jeff Vangrov
Newt
1 eps
David Eck
Clifford Spleenhurfer
5 eps
Nancy Youngblut
Mrs. Cheesebrow
1 eps
Sara Burkhardt
Hillary
2 eps
Cassidy Rae
Elise Quackenbush
1 eps
Denise Lecce
Pillar Tweech
1 eps
Jason A. Harger
J. Elliot Fundsworth III
1 eps
Happy Cole
Ace Delivery Guy
1 eps
Paul Kreppel
Joey Russo
1 eps
Susan Greenhill
Debbie
2 eps
Joel McCrary
Hot Dog Man
1 eps
Guerin Bell
Lead Kid
1 eps
Larry Bucklan
Announcer / Stage Manager
2 eps
Tracy Roberts
Mrs. Crepplehorn
1 eps
James R. Greene
Coach Floyd
1 eps
John W. Holloway
Quetin Darling
1 eps
Martha Randall
Amelia Darling
1 eps
Bob Noble
Dr. Festerspoon
1 eps
Kristian Truelsen
Mr. Crepplehorn
2 eps
Russell Koplin
Eve Biderberg
1 eps
Doug Truelsen
Turner B. Gerhard
1 eps
Jonathan Mangum
Waiter
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Clarissa Explains It All actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Clarissa Explains It All reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Clarissa Darling is a teen girl dealing with typical pre-adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra and an annoying little brother Ferguson.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Neena BeberProducer
- Chris GiffordProducer
- Mitchell KriegmanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Neena BeberWriter
- Mitchell KriegmanWriter
Direction
- Ken FrankelDirector
Where to watch
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