Leah Remini Wiki, Bio, Age, Net Worth, and Other Facts

Leah Remini Wiki, Bio, Age, Net Worth, and Other Facts

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Leah Marie Remini (born June 15, 1970) is an American actress, author, former Scientologist and anti-Scientology activist. She starred as Carrie Heffernan on the long-running CBS comedy series The King of Queens (1998-2007) and later co-hosted The Talk in 2010-11. Since 2016 she has co-produced and hosted the Emmy Award-winning A&E documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.

Interesting Facts about Leah Remini

  • Wore a two-piece Les Habitudes ensemble that included a duchesse satin bustier with silver beads and ivory pearls, and an organza skirt consisting of five layers in her July 2003 wedding to Angelo Pagán.
  • Younger sister of Nicole Remini.
  • Met her husband Angelo Pagán, in 1996 at a Cuban restaurant.
  • May 2002: Has joined the nationally syndicated Don and Mike radio show.
  • Her mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent (from Austria). Her father’s ancestry is Sicilian.
  • Moved to Los Angeles with her mother and sister at the age of 13, and left school at 14.
  • Younger half-sister, Stephanie, died of cancer in 2013 at the age of 35.
  • In a 2006 TV Guide /Bravo poll, her The King of Queens (1998) character “Carrie Heffernan” was voted the “hottest housewife” on TV with 31% of the vote narrowly besting characters from Medium (2005), My Name Is Earl (2005) and The O.C. (2003).
  • Friends with Cheryl Burke.
  • Described by Kevin James as having “the mouth of a construction worker in the body of a model.”
  • Older half-sister of Shannon Farrara.
  • Worked with personal trainer Gina Lombardi to lose 20 pounds for her role in Fired Up (1997).

Personal Quotes by Leah Remini

There’s a lot of things that are good in Scientology, because I wouldn’t have been in it. And that’s the thing: a lot of people trivialize this thing, like, ‘Oh, it’s Xenu, and it’s a volcano, and it’s jumping on couches and acting crazy.’ These people are victims. We’ve been victimized. We believed in something because it starts out very normal.

Leah Remini

I love men who know when to put their foot down and when not to.

Leah Remini

The guy has to kill the spider and get the dead mouse outta the pool.

Leah Remini

I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that.

Leah Remini

As a kid, I remember wondering why we lived in an apartment, not in a brownstone, and why we drove an LTD, not a Cadillac. Even now, I’m like that. If I’m on the 5th floor, I will wonder why I’m not on the 6th floor. But that was my drive. I was obsessed with my family having a better life.

Leah Remini