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Leah Remini
Remini in 2018
Born
Leah Marie Remini

(1970-06-15)June 15, 1970(age 54)
New York City, U.S.
EducationNew York University(currently attending)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • activist
Years active1988–present
Spouse
Angelo Pagán
​
(m.2003)​
Children1
YouTube information
Channel
GenreVideo podcast
Subscribers179K[1]
Total views27M[1]
Websiteleahremini

Leah Marie Remini(/ˈrɛmɪni/;born June 15, 1970) is an American actress. She starred asCarrie Heffernanon theCBSsitcomThe King of Queens(1998–2007) and as Vanessa Celluci in the CBS sitcomKevin Can Wait(2017–2018), both alongsideKevin James.[2][3]

Remini coproduced and hosted theA&Edocumentary seriesLeah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath(2016–2019), for which she won twoPrimetime Emmy AwardsforOutstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special.She also cohosted the daytime talk showThe Talk(2010–2011). Remini's films include the comedyOld School(2003), the mystery comedyHandsome(2017), and the romantic comedySecond Act(2018).

After being a member of theChurch of Scientologyfrom 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 theNew York TimesBest Seller list. In 2016, she followed up with an Emmy Award-winning documentary television series on A&E,Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,where she created a platform for victims and survivors of Scientology. Since July 2020, Remini has been the cohost of the podcastScientology: Fair Game,alongsideMike Rinder.[4]

Early life

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Leah Marie Remini was born on June 15, 1970,[5]inBrooklyn,New York City, to Vicki Marshall and George Remini,[6]who owned anasbestosremoval company.[7]Her mother is ofAustrian Jewishdescent, while her father has Italian ancestry, rooted inSicily.[8][9][10]Remini was raised inBensonhurst.[11]

Remini was baptized into theCatholic Churchas an infant[12]and raised in the faith during her early childhood.[13]When she was eight years old, her mother joined theChurch of Scientology,and Remini was thereafter raised as aScientologist.[14]At 13, Remini and her sister were taken to join Scientology's Paramilitary organization called theSea Organization,where they were forced to sign billion-year contracts and work for their room and board.

Remini's mother decided to take her children out of the Sea Org and return to civilian Scientology life within the same year. Remini moved toLos Angeles,with her mother and sisters, where she spent the remainder of her teenage years working to pay off their debt toScientologyfor all of theirauditingreceived. In addition, Remini and her family worked regular jobs to pay for continuing Scientology courses and services.[8]

Career

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Film and television

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One of Remini's early television roles was onWho's the Boss?as Charlie Briscoe, which led to a spin-off series entitledLiving Dolls,in which Remini starred withHalle Berry.The show premiered in late 1989 and ran for twelve episodes.[15][16]

In 1991, Remini had a supporting role as Tina Bovasso onABC's sitcomThe Man in the Family.She then had recurring roles onSaved by the Bellplaying Stacey Carosi, and onEvening Shadeas Taylor Newton's (Jay R. Ferguson) girlfriend, Daisy. Remini then appeared in two more short-lived series,First Time Out(1995) andFired Up(1997–98). In 1991 and 1993, she appeared onCheersas Serafina, the daughter ofCarlaand Nick Tortelli (Rhea PerlmanandDan Hedaya). In 1994, Remini auditioned for the role ofMonica GelleronFriends,but the role went toCourteney Cox.Remini later appeared in the 1995Friendsepisode "The One with the Birth"in which she played a pregnant woman, Lydia, whose delivery is aided by Joey.

In 1998, Remini landed the role ofCarrie Heffernanon theCBSsitcomThe King of Queens.The series was successful, and ran for nine seasons from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007. During her time on the show, she starred inQuaker State's television commercials in 2000 and 2001.[17][18]

Remini had a supporting role in the comedy filmOld School(2003). She also starred in her own reality show,Inside Out: Leah Remini,which was a documentary that aired onVH1about Remini's wedding. Following the success of the wedding special, VH1 documented the next phase of their lives with the birth of her daughter Sofia Bella. Remini has starred in nine-episode webisodes ofIn the Motherhood,along withChelsea HandlerandJenny McCarthy,and made two guest appearances on Handler's talk showChelsea Lately.

On December 15, 2009, Remini appeared as Carrie Heffernan onLopez TonightwithGeorge Lopezin an episode reuniting the cast of theGeorge Lopezsitcom.[19]Remini andHolly Robinson Peeteappeared onThe Young and the Restlesson July 28, 2011.[20]

In October 2011, Remini signed a talent development deal at ABC andABC Studiosthat required the network and the studio to develop a comedy project for Remini to star in and produce.[21][22]

Remini competed onseason 17ofDancing with the Stars,in which she was partnered with professional dancerTony Dovolani.[23]The couple made it to the tenth week of competition and reached fifth place. Remini later returned inseason 19as a guest co-host on week six. She returned as guest co-host onseason 21during weeks six and seven.

In 2013, Remini joined the cast of theTV LandcomedyThe Exes,filling a recurring role starting in season three.[24]Remini created, produced and starred in a reality television series titledLeah Remini: It's All Relative.The show focuses on Remini's family life. It premiered onTLCon July 10, 2014.[25]

In early 2017, Remini returned to acting and was announced as one of the leads inNBC's sitcomWhat About Barb?,a gender-swapped version of the 1991Frank OzcomedyWhat About Bob?.She portrayed Suzanne, a renowned psychotherapist and best-selling author.[26]Ultimately, NBC passed on the project and it wasn't picked up to series.[27]In March 2017, it was announced Remini would reunite withKevin Jameson the season finale ofKevin Can Wait.[28][29]In June 2017, it was announced Remini was upped to a series regular beginning with season two.[30][31]In May 2018, the series was cancelled by the network after two seasons.[32]In 2017, Remini co-starred in the comedy filmsMad Families,The Clapper,andHandsome.In 2018, she starred as Joan, oppositeJennifer Lopez,in the romantic comedy filmSecond Act.[33][34]

In 2020 Remini & her production company, No, Seriously Productions signed a production deal with Critical Content. In June 2022, Remini was named a judge on the seventeenth season ofFox's dance competition seriesSo You Think You Can Dance,replacingMatthew Morrison.[35][36][37]

Remini began 2021 as the host of theGame Show Networkoriginal seriesPeople Puzzler.[38]

The Talk

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Remini was a co-host in the first season of the CBS daytime talk show,The Talk,which premiered October 18, 2010. The other co-hosts wereJulie Chen,Sara Gilbert,Holly Robinson Peete,andSharon Osbourne.The show, similar toThe View,seeks to address motherhood and contemporary issues.[39]In March 2012, a heavily publicized Twitter dispute ignited between Remini andOsbournewhen Remini fired back at Osbourne, Osbourne making criticisms of Remini and Holly Robinson Peete onThe Howard Stern Showin relation to their contracts not being renewed forThe Talk.In response to questions from her Twitter followers, Remini tweeted:

Ask Sharon. She had us fired... Sharon thought me and Holly were too 'Ghetto'. (her words) we were not funny, awkward and didn't know ourselves.[40][41]Haters Gon' Hate. True. But, Haters have the balls to say they 'Hate'... not call themselves your friend. She had us fired all the while calling me and Holly her friend. Heartbreaking. Yes. She had us fired she told Howard Stern. Explains why she never called us back.[40]

In response, Osbourne tweeted, "I had absolutely nothing to do with her departure from the show and have no idea why she continues to take to Twitter to spread this false gossip."[40][42]Remini tweeted a challenge to Osbourne to establish in a court of law what statements she (Remini) had made that were untrue.[40]

Friction in relation to these matters resurfaced in the media in early 2021 when Osbourne was embroiled in a scandal over her remarks made onThe TalktoSheryl Underwoodand ultimately terminated from the program over them. Both Peete and Remini took to social media to reproach Osbourne over her conduct in relation to the scandal, pointing out that they had been treated similarly by her, charging Osbourne with additional discriminatory behaviors as well. Osbourne responded with threats of defamation lawsuits against Peete and Remini, but ultimately did nothing.[43][44]

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

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Remini developed a series forA&Efocusing on ex-Scientologists speaking about their experiences, entitledLeah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.The show premiered November 29, 2016.[45]In a statement released by the network, Remini said:

For too long, this multi-billion-dollar organization bullied victims and journalists to prevent the truth from being told. It is my hope that we shed light on information that makes the world aware of what is really going on and encourages others to speak up so the abuses can be ended forever.[46]

The documentary series received many awards in its three seasons: two Emmys, Reality Television Awards 2017 for hosting, 2018 NATPE Unscripted Breakthrough Awards for Best Innovation, 2019 Truth to Power Award,CHILD USA2019 Barbara Blaine Trailblazer Award, and two Gracie Awards presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (for On-Air Talent – Lifestyle and Entertainment and for Non-Fiction Entertainment).

Memoir

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Remini released her memoir, entitledTroublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology,on November 3, 2015.[47]

Personal life

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Scientology

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Remini was a member of the Church of Scientology from the age of nine.[9][14][48]In July 2013, Remini left Scientology,[49]owing to policies that forbid members from questioning the management of Church leaderDavid Miscavige,which she believed was corrupt; the reported abuse of members of itsSea Orgreligious order; its policy of "disconnection";and its practice of branding those who have left the Church of their own accord as"suppressive persons"and thefair gamingtactics thatScientologyhas used for decades.

According to former high-ranking Sea Org member Mike Rinder, Remini's problems with Scientology began when she asked about the whereabouts of Miscavige's wifeShellyat the 2006 wedding ofTom CruiseandKatie Holmes,and was told by then-spokesmanTommy Davisthat she did not "have the fucking rank" to do so. Remini then filed a "knowledge report" in which she asserted that Miscavige, Cruise, and other senior Scientology members engaged in behavior that was inconsistent with Church rules. She was subsequently "subjected to years of 'interrogations' and 'thought modification'" that led to her beingblackballedwithin Scientology. Fellow parishioners with whom Remini had been friends for decades wrote internal reports about her, resulting in a Church investigation into her family.[50][51][52]

During a September 9, 2013, appearance onThe Ellen DeGeneres Show,Remini discussed her departure from Scientology and the loss of friends who are still in the Church who, according to Remini, are not permitted to have contact with her.[49]Following her departure from Scientology, she publicly expressed her appreciation for those who supported her departure.[53][54]Remini's sister Nicole, who had earlier left Scientology herself,[55]revealed that the rest of their family left the Church along with Remini to avoid being split up by the disconnection policy.[56][57]Writer and directorPaul Haggis,who had previously been the most famous person to publicly disavow Scientology, wrote anopen letter,published byThe Hollywood Reporter,thanking Remini for standing by him after he left Scientology and praised her "enormous amount of integrity and compassion".[58]

In August 2013, it was disclosed that Remini had filed a missing person report with theLos Angeles Police Department(LAPD) concerning Shelly Miscavige, the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige, who — as of 2013 — had not been seen in public since 2007.[59]After the report was filed, the LAPD looked into the matter, met and spoke with Shelly Miscavige before closing the investigation, and stated Remini's report was "unfounded". Scientology said in a statement that the whole affair was simply harassment and a publicity stunt for Remini.[60][61][62]

In October 2013, it was reported that Remini had beensubpoenaedto testify in a lawsuit inComal County,Texas, against Scientology and David Miscavige, regarding acts of alleged harassment and surveillance against Monique Rathbun, who was married to ex-Scientology executiveMark Rathbun.Monique Rathbun's attorney, Ray Jeffery, said he wanted Remini to give adepositionin the hopes she could testify that Miscavige has vast influence over the operations of the Church and had to have known about the alleged harassment.[48]

In 2023, Remini sued the Church of Scientology and David Miscavige, accusing them of harassment, stalking, psychological torture, and operating an over ten-year campaign to ruin and destroy Remini's life and livelihood.[63]

Catholicism

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In a 2015 interview withPeople,Remini talked about her embrace of Catholicism, the comfort she was finding in the religion's practices, and how this contrasted with her experience of Scientology.[64][65]

Family

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Remini met actor Angelo Pagán[66]at aCuban restaurantin 1996.[67]Pagán has three sons from previous relationships. He and Remini were married in Las Vegas by a Scientologist minister on July 19, 2003.[68]Their daughter Sofia was born on June 16, 2004.[69]In September 2015, when Sofia was eleven years old, her parents celebrated her baptism into the Catholic Church.[64][65]

Education

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Remini had left school with just an 8th-grade education, which she attributes to her involvement with the Scientology cult.[70]In May 2021, Remini was accepted into anassociate degreeprogram inliberal artsatNew York University,saying:[71][72][73]

For someone like me, a person who desperately wanted a higher education and options in my life, coming from a cult and a family who didn't value an education, this is a very big day for me. This didn't come easy. This is one of the last chunks of my life that I am taking back for myself from Scientology.[73]

In 2023, after completing her second year at NYU, Remini expressed how "undertaking this educational journey has been one of the most difficult experiences of my life."[70]She completed her associate degree in March 2024 and began working toward abachelor's degree.[74][75][76]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
1997 Critics and Other Freaks Actress at Audition
1999 Follow Your Heart Angie LaRocca
2003 Old School Lara Campbell
2017 Mad Families Cheyenne
The Clapper Producer Louise
Handsome Esta
2018 Second Act Joan

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Head of the Class Unknown Episode: "Let's Rap"
1989 Who's the Boss? Charlie Briscoe 2 episodes
Living Dolls Main role (12 episodes)
1990 Normal Life Carol Episode: "And Baby Makes..."
1991 Paradise Rose Episode: "Out of the Ashes"
The Hogan Family Joanne Episode: "A Sneaking Suspicion"
The Man in the Family Tina Bavasso Main role (7 episodes)
Saved by the Bell Stacey Carosi 6 episodes
1991–1993 Cheers Serafina Tortelli 2 episodes
1992 Blossom Ellen Travers Episode: "You Must Remember This"
Getting Up and Going Home Stephanie O'Neil Television film
1993 Evening Shade Daisy 3 episodes
Harlan & Merleen Frankie Television pilot
1994 The Commish Gail Ross Episode: "Sergeant Kelly"
Renegade Tina Episode: "The King and I"
1994–1996 Phantom 2040 Sagan Cruz Voice, main role (22 episodes)
1995 Diagnosis: Murder Agnes Benedetto Episode: "How to Murder Your Lawyer"
Friends Lydia Episode: "The One with the Birth"
First Time Out Dominique Costellano Main role (12 episodes)
1996 Biker Mice from Mars Carbine Voice, 2 episodes
Home Improvement Maria Gomez Episode: "The Bud Bowl"
NYPD Blue Angela Bohi Episode: "Closing Time"
1997–1998 Fired Up Terry Reynolds Main role (28 episodes)
1998–2007 The King of Queens Carrie Heffernan Main role (207 episodes)
1999 Hooves of Fire Vixen Voice, television film; American dub
2002 Legend of the Lost Tribe Koala
2003 VH1 Inside Out: Leah Remini's Wedding Special Herself Television documentary
2004 VH1 Inside Out: Leah Remini's Baby Special
2005 Fat Actress Episode: "The Koi Effect"
2007–2008 In the Motherhood Kim 8 episodes
2009 Lopez Tonight Carrie Heffernan Episode: "December 15, 2009"
Married Not Dead Jessica Television pilot
It Takes a Village Karen
2010–2011 The Talk Herself / co-host 135 episodes
2011 Toddlers and Tiaras: Where Are They Now? Juana Television short
2012 The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange Polly Prune / Butch Ravioli Voice, 2 episodes
2013 Family Tools Terry Baumgardner Main role (10 episodes)
2013–2014 Phineas and Ferb Doreen / Mean Woman 2 episodes
2013–2015;

2019, 2022

Dancing with the Stars Herself Contestant (season 17)
Guest co-host (season 19,week 6;season 21,weeks 6–7)
Guest judge (season 28,week 4)
2014–2022 The Wendy Williams Show Guest and guest host; 25 episodes
2014 RuPaul's Drag Race Herself / Guest Judge Episode: "Glamazon by Colorevolution"
Hollywood Game Night Herself Episode: "A Hollywood Scandal"
2014–2015 The Exes Nikki Gardner 15 episodes
Leah Remini: It's All Relative Herself 26 episodes; also executive producer
2015 Repeat After Me Episode: "#1.5"
2016–2018 Match Game Herself / Panelist 4 episodes
2016–2019 Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Herself 37 episodes; also executive producer
2017 Milo Murphy's Law Ms. Baxter Voice, episode: "The Substitute/Time Out"
What About Barb? Dr. Suzanne Marvin Television pilot
2017–2018 Kevin Can Wait Vanessa Cellucci 26 episodes
2018 Mean Jean Jean Television pilot[77][78]
2020 The Masked Singer Guest panelist Episode: "Masking for a Friend: Group A"
2021–present People Puzzler Host 113 episodes
2022 So You Think You Can Dance Judge Season 17

Video games

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Year Title Voice role Notes
1993 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Grace Nakimura

Bibliography

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  • Remini, Leah (2015).Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology.Ballantine Books.ISBN978-1101886960.

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2015 American Reality Television Awards Reality Royalty Leah Remini: It's All Relative Won [79]
2017 23rd Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Won
69th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Series or Special Won [80]
2018 NATPE Unscripted Breakthrough Awards Best Innovation Won
29th Producers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television Won
70th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Series or Special Nominated [81]
American Reality Television Awards Host Won [82]
2019 CHILD USA Barbara Blaine Trailblazer Award Won
30th Producers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television Nominated [83]
35th IDA Documentary Awards Truth to Power Award Won
9th Critics Choice Television Awards Impact Award Won
44th Gracie Awards On-Air Talent – Lifestyle and Entertainment Award Won
44th Gracie Awards Non-Fiction Entertainment Won [84]
71st Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Series or Special Nominated [81]
2020 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special Won

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