Leah Remini
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Remini in April 2014
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June 15, 1970 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, producer, author, comedian |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse(s) | Angelo Pagán (m. 2003) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | leahremini |
Leah Marie Remini (born June 15, 1970) is an American actress, producer, author, and comedian. She is best known for her roles as Carrie Heffernan in The King of Queens (1998–2007) and Lara in the film Old School, as well as a co-hosting The Talk from 2010–2011.
In 2015, Remini starred in the show Leah Remini: It's All Relative, and released Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, her memoir about her experience with Scientology and reasons for leaving it. In 2016, she followed up her memoir with a documentary television series, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, to highlight other former Scientologists' experiences.
Remini was born in Brooklyn, New York, to George Remini, who owned an asbestos removal company, and his wife, Vicki (née Marshall), a schoolteacher. Her mother is of Austrian Jewish descent, while her father has Italian ancestry. Remini has an older sister named Nicole and four half-sisters: Christine, Stephanie (died 2013), Elizabeth, and Shannon. Leah was nine years old when her mother joined the Church of Scientology, and thereafter she was raised as a Scientologist. At 13 years old, Remini moved to Los Angeles with her mother.
One of Remini's early television roles was on Who's the Boss? as Charlie Briscoe, which led to a spin-off series entitled Living Dolls, in which Remini starred with Halle Berry. The show premiered in late 1989 and ran for 12 episodes before being cancelled.
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