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Leah Remini
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Leah Remini, born Leah Marie Remini on 15 June 1970 in Brooklyn, is an American actor who began her career in 1988 and works from Los Angeles. She was educated at New York University and is known for The King of Queens, The Talk and Old School. Remini has one child and has been associated with Catholicism and Scientology; her field of work includes the anti-cult movement.
She speaks English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Unti Leah Remini
- Troublemaker
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Flight Risk — Van Sant (voice)2025
- The Mother, the Menacer, and Me — Karen Brazo Fuerte2025
- People Puzzler — Self - Host2021
- Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019
- RuPaul — Self2019
- The Masked Singer — Self - Guest Panelist2019
- The Clapper — Producer Louise2018
- Second Act — Joan2018
- Mad Families — Cheyenne2017
- Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie — Esta2017
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Key facts
- Born
- Leah Marie Remini , ( 1970-06-15 ) June 15, 1970 (age 55) , New York City, U.S.
- Education
- New York University ( AA , BA )
- Occupations
- Actress activist
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Spouse
- Angelo Pagán ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. July 19, 2003</span>"}]]}'>2003 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2024 )
- Channel
- Leah Remini
- Genre
- Video podcast
- Subscribers
- 225 thousand
- Views
- 60 million
- Website
- leahremini .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Scientology
- Notable work
- Old School
- Field of work
- anti-cult movement
- Official website
- www.leahremini.com
- Image
- Leah Remini in 2018.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1970-06-15
- Commons category
- Leah Remini
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 714132
- birth name
- Leah Marie Remini
- short name
- Leah Remini
- writing language
- English language
- IPA transcription
- /ˈrɛmɪni/
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Encyclopedic overview
Leah Marie Remini (/ˈrɛmɪni/; born June 15, 1970) is an American actress. She starred as Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and as Vanessa Celluci in the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait (2017–2018), both alongside Kevin James.
After being a member of the Church of Scientology from childhood, Remini left the organization in 2013. Two years later, Remini released her book, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology; the memoir became number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. From 2016 to 2019, Remini coproduced and hosted the A&E documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special. Since July 2020, Remini has been the cohost of the podcast Scientology: Fair Game, alongside Mike Rinder. She also cohosted the daytime talk show The Talk (2010–2011) and hosted the game show People Puzzler (2021–2023). Remini's films include the comedy Old School (2003), the mystery comedy Handsome (2017), and the romantic comedy Second Act (2018).
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