Leah Remini
Acting • Born 1970-06-15
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.
Filmography
58 credits
Old School
Movie • 2003
Lara
Glory Daze
Movie • 1995
Theresa
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Movie • 1994
Segan Cruz
Follow Your Heart
Movie • 1999
Angie LaRocca
VH1 Inside Out: Leah Remini's Wedding Special
Movie • 2003
Self
Getting Up and Going Home
Movie • 1992
Stephanie O'Neil
The Clapper
Movie • 2018
Producer Louise
Mad Families
Movie • 2017
Cheyenne
Star Witness
Movie • 1995
Second Act
Movie • 2018
Joan
Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie
Movie • 2017
Esta
Flight Risk
Movie • 2025
Van Sant (voice)
The Mother, the Menacer, and Me
Movie • 2025
Karen Brazo Fuerte
Cheers
TV • 1982
Serafina Tortelli
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
Friends
TV • 1994
Lydia
Living Dolls
TV • 1989
Charlie Briscoe
The View
TV • 1997
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
People Puzzler
TV • 2021
Self - Host
The Commish
TV • 1991
The King of Queens
TV • 1998
Carrie Heffernan
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Agnes Benedetto
First Time Out
TV • 1995
Dominique Costellano
Fired Up
TV • 1997
Terry Reynolds
Saved by the Bell
TV • 1989
Stacey Carosi
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
The Man in the Family
TV • 1991
Tina Bavasso
Normal Life
TV • 1990
Carol
Family Tools
TV • 2013
Terry McCormick
Renegade
TV • 1992
The Talk
TV • 2010
Self - Host
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Guest Judge
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
TV • 2016
Herself - Host
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Contestant
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Guest Host
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
Kevin Can Wait
TV • 2016
Vanessa Cellucci
The Wendy Williams Show
TV • 2008
Self - Guest Host
Match Game
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
So You Think You Can Dance
TV • 2005
Self
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Milo Murphy's Law
TV • 2016
Ms. Baxter (voice)
RuPaul
TV • 2019
Self
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Self - Guest Panelist
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Fat Actress
TV • 2005
Leah Remini
The Exes
TV • 2011
Nicki
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
TV • 2011
Self (voice)
Blossom
TV • 1990
Ellen