Cast & creator
Leah Remini
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The View, Friends
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.
Also known as: لیا رمینی
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film credits
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television credits
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1982–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (65)
Showing 65 of 65 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The View
Self
1997
Friends
Lydia
1994
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Guest Judge
2005Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
2005Dancing with the Stars
Self - Guest Host
2005
Diagnosis: Murder
Agnes Benedetto
1993
Cheers
Serafina Tortelli
1982
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
The King of Queens
Carrie Heffernan
1998
The Talk
Self - Host
2010
The Masked Singer
Self - Guest Panelist
2019
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Renegade
1992
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Self
2010
Who's the Boss?
1984
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
So You Think You Can Dance
Self
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
1999
The Wendy Williams Show
Self - Guest Host
2008The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
Chelsea
Self
2016
Blossom
Ellen
1990
The Commish
1991
Match Game
Self - Panelist
2016
Milo Murphy's Law
Ms. Baxter (voice)
2016
The Exes
Nicki
2011
Saved by the Bell
Stacey Carosi
1989
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
Self (voice)
2011
Fired Up
Terry Reynolds
1997
Flight Risk
Van Sant (voice)
2025
Old School
Lara Campbell
2003
Kevin Can Wait
Vanessa Cellucci
2016
Family Tools
Terry McCormick
2013
RuPaul
Self
2019
Fat Actress
Leah Remini
2005
People Puzzler
Self - Host
2021
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Herself - Host
2016Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Presenter
2016Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Creator
2016
Second Act
Joan
2018
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MADtv
Self
1995
Mad Families
Cheyenne
2017
Living Dolls
Charlie Briscoe
1989
Glory Daze
Theresa
1995The Man in the Family
Tina Bavasso
1991
First Time Out
Dominique Costellano
1995
The Clapper
Producer Louise
2018
Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie
Esta
2017
Normal Life
Carol
1990
Bob's Best Friends
Peanut (voice)
The Mother, the Menacer, and Me
Karen Brazo Fuerte
2025Star Witness
1995
Getting Up and Going Home
Stephanie O'Neil
1992It Takes a Village
Karen
2010
Follow Your Heart
Angie LaRocca
1999
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Segan Cruz
1994
In the Motherhood
Kim
2007VH1 Inside Out: Leah Remini's Wedding Special
Self
2003Married Not Dead
Jessica
2009