Name
Leah Remini
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1970-06-15 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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 her mother to pursue an acting career.
Remini met Puerto Rican salsa musician Angelo Pagán in 1996 at a Cuban restaurant. Pagan has three sons from previous relationships. In January 2003, Remini announced their engagement; they were married on July 19, 2003. On June 16, 2004, the day after her 34th birthday, Remini gave birth to daughter Sofia Bella, who weighed 6 lb/7.4 oz.
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- 2003 Old School as Lara Campbell
- 1995 Glory Daze as Theresa
- 1994 Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks as Segan Cruz
- 1999 Follow Your Heart as Angie LaRocca
- 2003 VH1 Inside Out: Leah Remini's Wedding Special as Self
- 1992 Getting Up and Going Home as Stephanie O'Neil
- 2018 The Clapper as Producer Louise
- 2017 Mad Families as Cheyenne
- 1995 Star Witness
- 2018 Second Act as Joan
- 2017 Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie as Esta
- 2025 Flight Risk as Van Sant (voice)
- 2025 The Mother, the Menacer, and Me as Karen Brazo Fuerte
- Soon Bob's Best Friends as Peanut (voice)
- 2009 Married Not Dead as Jessica
- 2010 It Takes a Village as Karen
- 1982 Cheers ( 2 episodes ) as Serafina Tortelli
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 7 episodes ) as Self
- 1984 Who's the Boss? ( 2 episodes )
- 1994 Friends ( 1 episode ) as Lydia
- 1989 Living Dolls ( 12 episodes ) as Charlie Briscoe
- 1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 2019 Tamron Hall ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2021 People Puzzler ( 325 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1991 The Commish ( 1 episode )
- 1998 The King of Queens ( 207 episodes ) as Carrie Heffernan
- 1995 MADtv ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Diagnosis: Murder ( 1 episode ) as Agnes Benedetto
- 1995 First Time Out ( 16 episodes ) as Dominique Costellano
- 1997 Fired Up ( 28 episodes ) as Terry Reynolds
- 1989 Saved by the Bell ( 7 episodes ) as Stacey Carosi
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1991 The Man in the Family ( 7 episodes ) as Tina Bavasso
- 1990 Normal Life ( 13 episodes ) as Carol
- 2013 Family Tools ( 10 episodes ) as Terry McCormick
- 1992 Renegade ( 1 episode )
- 2010 The Talk ( 123 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1993 Intimate Portrait ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2005 Dancing with the Stars ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 1998 Hollywood Squares ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
- 2016 Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath ( 35 episodes ) as Herself - Host
- 2005 Dancing with the Stars ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Contestant
- 2005 Dancing with the Stars ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest Host
- 2016 Chelsea ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Kevin Can Wait ( 26 episodes ) as Vanessa Cellucci
- 2008 The Wendy Williams Show ( 137 episodes ) as Self - Guest Host
- 2016 Match Game ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
- 2005 So You Think You Can Dance ( 12 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 The Reichen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2016 Milo Murphy's Law ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Baxter (voice)
- 2019 RuPaul ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Masked Singer ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Panelist
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 Fat Actress ( 1 episode ) as Leah Remini
- 2011 The Exes ( 15 episodes ) as Nicki
- 2011 Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side ( 1 episode ) as Self (voice)
- 1990 Blossom ( 1 episode ) as Ellen
- 2016 WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2007 In the Motherhood ( 5 episodes ) as Kim
