Leah Remini (born June 15, 1970) is an American actress best known for her role as Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens.
Leah Remini was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, to George Remini, an Italian-American owner of an asbestos company (not to be confused with the late Gambino crime family captain George Remini). Her mother Vicki Marshall, a former high school principal and current LA restaurant owner, is originally from Austria.
Remini has an older sister, Nicole Remini (born 1969) who was her assistant on The King of Queens. She also has four half-sisters: Christina Remini (born 1969), Elizabeth Remini (born 1976), Stephanie Remini (born 1977), and Shannon Remini (born 1984). Shannon has acted on Leah's show as a character named Desiree.