Carrie Heffernan
| Carrie Heffernan | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Pilot" (episode 1.01) |
| Last appearance | "China Syndrome" (episode 9.13) |
| Portrayed by | Leah Remini |
| Information | |
| Aliases |
Penelope Van Smythe Simone Spooner |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation |
Legal secretary (Seasons 1-6). Real estate firm secretary (Seasons 6-9). |
| Family |
Arthur Spooner (father) Sophia Spooner (mother) Sara Spooner (half-sister) |
| Spouse(s) | Doug Heffernan |
| Children | Ming-Mei Heffernan (adopted) Baby Boy Heffernan (biological; name unknown) |
| Relatives | Chester Spooner (uncle) Simone Spooner (cousin) Skitch Spooner (paternal half-uncle) Stephanie Heffernan (sister-in-law) Danny Heffernan (cousin-in-law) |
Penelope Van Smythe
Carrie Spooner Heffernan is a fictional character on the American sitcom The King of Queens. She appears in all of the show's nine seasons and is one of the show's three central characters. The character is portayed by Leah Remini and lives in Rego Park, Queens, with her husband Doug Heffernan (Kevin James), and her father Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller).
Carrie works as a legal secretary during the first 6 seasons and as a real estate firm secretary for the last 3 seasons.
Carrie Heffernan (born in Manhattan on February 19, 1970) is the sharp-tongued wife of Doug Heffernan (Kevin James). Her father, Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller), lives in the couple's basement after losing his home in a fire. Carrie was born Simone Spooner but when she was a child, Arthur lost her name in a poker game which necessitated a switch of name with her cousin Carrie. Carrie's mother, Sophia, insisted on having "mother to Simone" engraved on her tombstone. Carrie originally had a sister (or probably, and more specifically, a paternal half-sister) named Sara (Lisa Rieffel) who moved in along with Arthur, but after the first season, the character was dropped. Little is known about Carrie's mother Sophia, except that she died when Carrie was 15, leaving Carrie in a state of confusion.
After difficult teenage years, Carrie met her future husband Doug Heffernan at a bar where she originally meant to spend the night with his friend Richie Ianucci (Larry Romano) but ended up with Doug instead. Carrie's best friend is Kelly Palmer (Merrin Dungey), the wife of Doug's best friend Deacon Palmer (Victor Williams). At the end of the series, the couple decide to adopt after struggling to conceive a child, having miscarried earlier in the series. In the series finale "China Syndrome", Doug and Carrie decide to split up but eventually reunite after adopting a Chinese baby girl. The same day, Carrie discovers she is pregnant.
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