Every Version Of Sabrina Spellman, Ranked

Published Oct 17, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT Cher Thompson is a Senior Staff Writer at Screen Rant, where she covers everything from explosive reality TV moments to cast interviews about the twists and turns of scripted dramas. With a background in creative writing, marketing, and teaching, Cher knows how to spot both the storytelling genius and the guilty pleasures in pop culture. Her work blends wit with insight, making readers feel like they’re chatting with a friend who just happens to know way too much about TV. Since her debut in Archie Comics in the early 1960s, Sabrina Spellman has become a beloved recognizable character, even through her many pop culture lives. Introduced in a short Archie comic, Sabrina eventually grew into a character who could anchor her own stories, which grew from comics into so much more through the years. As a teenage witch, Sabrina's secret is a massive part of her life, and keeping that secret as she moves from adventure to adventure has been a way that audiences connect with her. The balance of teen normalcy and witchy fun is where Sabrina's true appeal lies. Throughout the years, Sabrina's appearances in Archie comic books grew into TV appearances, and as TV went further into a live-action realm, Sabrina came to life. Over the course of the last 65 years, Sabrina has shifted and changed as a character, becoming someone who's recognizable, relatable, and reels audiences in regardless of the story at hand. While the most iteration of Sabrina Spellman was a more complicated live-action version than viewers have ever seen before, all of the different versions of Sabrina have been worth revisiting. From cartoon to cheeky co-ed, Sabrina still has some of her nine lives left to live. 6 Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch Kabillion A computer animated version of Sabrina who came to life in 2013, Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch was one of the least known versions of the character to appear on screen. Premiering on the Hub network, which has since rebranded to Discovery Family, Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch starred Ashley Tisdale as the voice of the iconic character, who was reimagined as a different type of witch for the series and its accompanying TV movies. The series sees Sabrina both in a day-to-day school setting, dealing with the balance of real life and magic, and in larger-scale situations. In this version of the story, Sabrina is a witch princess who's destined to eventually rule the magical world, but for the time being, she's living in the real world and balancing her typical activities with the pressures of maintaining her secret. While the story is somewhat interesting in terms of the premise, the execution of the series was a tough sell. With crude computer animation that felt dated even for its time, Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch was tough to watch, and ultimately didn't reach a wide audience because of the lack of awareness around the Hub network. Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch - Season 1 Release Date October 12, 2013 Network Hub Network Series Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch 5 Sabrina's Secret Life Amazon Prime Sabrina's Secret Life, which aired from 2003 to 2004 and saw Britt McKillip as the voice of the titular Sabrina, was another animated series that brought the character to life. A sequel series to Sabrina: The Animated Series, the show dove into Sabrina's life as she continued to learn more about magic, which always causes some chaos. The animated format, which worked well with the characters and the larger ideas for the series, wasn't always of the highest quality, but had a distinct style that had become recognizable within the earlier iteration of the show. While Sabrina's Secret Life only ran for 26 episodes, the series was able to distinguish itself as the next chapter of the animated series throughout its short run. With Sabrina still learning how to use her powers, the show isn't a major reinvention of Sabrina: The Animated Series, but it does a good job of making its premise clear. While Sabrina: The Animated Series was more about the discovery of her powers and how that changed Sabrina's life, Sabrina's Secret Life was far more about the secretive parts of her story that caused chaos within her life. 4 Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies While the Archie comics version of Sabrina got her start in the comics during the early 1960s, Sabrina joined The Archie Comedy Hour, and then grew with the expansion of the cartoon's Filmation TV universe, which included a group of musically minded monsters in the Groovy Goolies. During The Archie Comedy Hour, Sabrina was introduced as a similar version of the character known from the comics, with spells and supernatural characters that come into play consistently. As Sabrina grew more popular, she moved into spaces with the Groovy Goolies, which paired her magical adventures with the monstrous musicians for a new angle. Voiced by Jane Webb throughout the Filmation era, Sabrina's time in the 70s cartoons was one of the most defining eras of the character's journey. Cheerful, mischievous, and always ready to use her magic to get herself out of trouble, Sabrina was ironed out as a character through the years, with the fast-paced animated stories adding new layers to her personality and story as the series continued. While the shows were episodic in the way of cartoons of the era, Sabrina's time with The Archie Comedy Hour and the Groovy Goolies made it clear who she was and how she could function. 3 Sabrina: The Animated Series Sabrina: The Animated Series was a direct response to the re-emergence of the character after the live-action series on ABC. Airing from 1999 to 2000, this version of Sabrina was voiced by Emily Hart, and gave Sabrina more of a coming-of-age storyline than previous animated versions of the character. While the brand of the show was similar to its sequel, Sabrina: The Animated Series had a premise rooted in Sabrina's earlier journey, and featured unexpected ties to the live-action series. Hart, the voice of Sabrina, is the younger sister of Melissa Joan Hart, who played Sabrina in the live-action show. With some sense of continuity between the two because of the similarities in their tones, Sabrina: The Animated Series was able to run concurrently with the live-action series. Melissa Joan Hart also stepped into the animated show, playing both the Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda roles. Presenting Sabrina as a young teen who can't control her magical abilities, the majority of the animated show sees her struggling to control herself at school, but also focuses on the everyday issues teens face in their lives, which made the series feel more relatable. Sabrina's magical mishaps were only just part of the animated series. 2 Sabrina the Teenage Witch In what's probably the most recognizable version of Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart stepped into the role for ABC's live-action series, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The Hart version of the character, which deviated a bit from the Archie comics version of Sabrina in backstory, discovers that she's a witch on her 16th birthday from her aunts, Hilda (Caroline Rhea) and Zelda (Beth Broderick). As she learns about her magical abilities and the family secret as a whole, Sabrina also has to learn how to balance her life as a high school student, which becomes all the more complicated throughout the show's run. While the live-action adaptation, as well as its TV movies Sabrina Goes to Rome and Sabrina Down Under, deviated from the source material a fair bit, the seven-season series was able to tackle a ton of ground throughout its run. As Sabrina moved from high school into college, things changed within the layout of the series, but her longtime love interest Harvey Kinkle (Nate Richert) and her black cat companion Salem (voiced by Nick Bakay) were consistent on the show. While it's not always the highest quality, the most memorable version of Sabrina brought the character massive notoriety. 1 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina After the run of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the character was out of the public eye for a number of years, but came back in a brand-new way with the advent of The CW series Riverdale. While Sabrina isn't a part of Riverdale directly, creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wanted to bring the witchy elements of the comic books into view with the character, and did so in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Starring Kiernan Shipka as a new version of Sabrina Spellman, the series was a darker, more magic-heavy show that brought some of the spookier elements of the world to life. Unlike the sitcom version of the show, Chilling Adventures doesn't lean into the comedic elements of Sabrina's powers. Instead, the series is a dark supernatural drama that sees Sabrina trying to preserve her mortal life while confronting the Church of Night and even darker forces surrounding her family. A two-season series that was released in four separate parts, the show was able to reach deeper into the lore of Sabrina's life, and the horror approach helped to expand the character further. With the most fully fleshed out version of Sabrina Spellman to date, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a must-watch for Sabrina fans.