Leah Remini

About

Leah Marie Remini (born June 15, 1970, height 5' 3" (1,60 m)) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Carrie Heffernan on the CBS hit sitcom The King of Queens from 1998 to 2007. Prior to The King of Queens, she was known for her six episode stint as Stacey Carosi in 1991 on the NBC sitcom Saved by the Bell. She was also one of the co-hosts on the CBS network daytime talk show/series The Talk, before being fired in 2011. Leah Remini was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City to private-school teacher Vicki Marshall and George Remini, who owned an asbestos-removal company. Her mother is of Austrian Jewish background and her father was Sicilian. Remini has an older sister, Nicole Remini (born 1969), who was her assistant on The King of Queens. She also has four half-sisters, including Christina (born 1969). Remini moved to Los Angeles, California, at age 13 with...

Known for

FriendsSeries • 1994Diagnosis: MurderSeries • 1993CheersSeries • 1982The King of QueensSeries • 1998Who's the Boss?Series • 1984RenegadeSeries • 1992BlossomSeries • 1990Milo Murphy's LawSeries • 2016The CommishSeries • 1991Saved by the BellSeries • 1989The ExesSeries • 2011Flight RiskMovie • 2025Kevin Can WaitSeries • 2016Old SchoolMovie • 2003Fired UpSeries • 1997Leah Remini: Scientology and the AftermathSeries • 2016Mad FamiliesMovie • 2017Second ActMovie • 2018E! True Hollywood StorySeries • 1996Glory DazeMovie • 1995Handsome: A Netflix Mystery MovieMovie • 2017The ClapperMovie • 2018