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Leah Remini
Born	Leah Marie Remini June 15, 1970 (1970-06-15) (age 39) Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Angelo Pagán (2003–present)
Official website

Leah Marie Remini (born June 15, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Acting career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Leah Remini was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of Vicki Marshall, a private school teacher, and George Remini, who owned an asbestos removal company.¹ Her mother was of Austrian-Jewish background and her father was Sicilian.²³ Remini has an older sister, Nicole Remini (born 1969), who was her assistant on The King of Queens. She also has four half-sisters: Christina (born 1969),⁴ Elizabeth (born 1976), Stephanie (born 1977), and Shannon (born 1984).^{citation needed}

Remini moved to Los Angeles at the age of 13 with her mother.² When Remini was 14, she left school and worked as a hostess at a restaurant while auditioning for acting jobs.⁵

Acting career

Remini's entrance into television came in the mid-'80s, when she got her first speaking line as an actress on an episode of Head of the Class. In 1989, she played the lead on Living Dolls, a short-lived spin-off from Who's the Boss?. In 1991, Remini appeared as Carla Tortelli's daughter, Serafina on Cheers (she later reprised the role in a 1993 episode). That same year, she had a recurring role as Stacey Carosi, a love interest of Zack Morris, on Saved by the Bell, and starred in the short-lived sitcom The Man in the Family.

Remini also appeared in an episode of Friends (The One with the Birth, original air date 11 May 1995, Season 1, Episode 23) as Lydia, the single (or not) mother that Joey befriends while the gang are at the hospital for the birth of Ross and Carol's baby.

After appearing in two more short-lived series, First Time Out and Fired Up, Remini landed the role of Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. During her time on the show, she had a supporting role in the comedy film, Old School (2003). The King of Queens ran for nine seasons, from September 21, 1998 to May 14, 2007. Since The King of Queens ended, Remini has starred in nine-episode webisodes of In the Motherhood, along with Chelsea Handler and Jenny McCarthy. On December 15, 2009 Leah Remini appeared as Carrie Heffernan on Lopez Tonight with George Lopez as Doug Heffernan as "The Finale" to The George Lopez Show. ⁶

Personal life

On July 19, 2003, Remini married actor Angelo Pagán who also appeared on The King of Queens as Rico and other various characters.⁷ On June 16, 2004, she gave birth to a daughter, Sofia Bella a day after her 34th birthday. Remini's pregnancy was chronicled on the VH1 documentary Inside Out: Leah Remini the Baby Special. Remini was also showcased on The Rachael Ray Show during a period of time she was trying to wean her child off pacifiers and drinking from a bottle.

Remini is a member of The Church of Scientology.³ In December 2005, she helped promote the gala opening of Church of Scientology's "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" Museum.⁸ Responding to criticism of Scientology during an interview on CNN, Remini stated:³

“

If somebody is going to get turned off about something because of what they read or heard, then that person's not smart enough to even enter a church. If you're really against something, then know what you're against.

”

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Glory Daze	Theresa
1997	Critics and Other Freaks	Actress at Audition
1998	Follow Your Heart	Angie
2003	Old School	Lara Campbell
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Head of the Class		1 episode
1989	Who's The Boss?	Charlie Briscoe	2 episodes
	Living Dolls	Charlie Briscoe	12 episodes
1990	Normal Life	Carol	1 episode
1991	Paradise	Rose	1 episode
	The Hogan Family	Joanne	1 episode
	The Man In the Family	Tina Bavasso	6 episodes
	Saved By the Bell	Stacey Carosi	6 episodes
1991-1993	Cheers	Serafina Tortelli	2 episodes
1992	Blossom	Ellen	1 episode
	Getting Up and Going Home	Stephanie O'Neil	Television movie
1993	Evening Shade	Daisy	3 episodes
	Harlan & Merleen	Frankie	Television movie
1994	The Commish	Gail Ross	1 episode
	Renegade	Tina	1 episode
1994-1995	Phantom 2040	Sagan Cruz (Voice)	8 episodes
1995	Star Witness		Television movie
	Diagnosis Murder	Agnes Benedetto	1 episode
	Friends	Lydia	1 episode
	First Time Out	Dominique Costellano	12 episodes
1996	Biker Mice from Mars	Carbine (Voice)	2 episodes
	NYPD Blue	Angela Bohi	1 episode
1997-1998	Fired Up	Terry Reynolds	28 episodes
1998-2007	The King of Queens	Carrie Heffernan	207 episodes
2002	Legend of the Lost Tribe	Koala (Voice)	Television movie
2005	Fat Actress	Herself	1 episode
2007-2008	In the Motherhood	Kim	8 episodes
2009	Married Not Dead	Jessica	Television movie
2009	Lopez Tonight	Carrie Heffernan	Cameo appearance

References

External links

• Official website
• Leah Remini at the Internet Movie Database
• Leah Remini at TV.com

Persondata
NAME	Remini, Leah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Remini, Leah Marie
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress
DATE OF BIRTH	June 15, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH