Leah Remini's Real Name: Leah Marie Remini

Quick answer: The actress is known professionally as Leah Remini. Biography.com and TV Guide independently identify her as Leah Marie Remini. Biography.com and Encyclopedia.com independently date her birth to June 15, 1970, in Brooklyn (Biography.com; TV Guide).

Real name and early life

She is known professionally as Leah Remini. Biography.com gives the full name Leah Marie Remini and dates her birth to June 15, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York. TV Guide independently lists the birth name Leah Marie Remini and the birthplace Brooklyn, New York City, New York, without giving a date in the biography, and says that when she was 13 she moved to Los Angeles with her mother. Encyclopedia.com independently dates the birth to June 15, 1970, in Brooklyn, NY.

Career highlights

Biography.com says she landed her career-defining part opposite Kevin James on The King of Queens beginning in 1998, in a role that ran for nine seasons; it also notes that she first appeared on the series in September 1998, alongside James and Jerry Stiller. Encyclopedia.com independently lists her as Carrie Heffernan on The King of Queens, CBS, from 1998, and earlier credits including Charlie Briscoe on Living Dolls (ABC, 1989), a recurring role as Stacey Carosi on Saved by the Bell (1991), and Terry Reynolds on Fired Up (NBC, 1996–1998). Biography.com also groups Living Dolls and Saved by the Bell among her early television work. Encyclopedia.com additionally lists a 1988 appearance on Head of the Class and 1989 episodes of Who's the Boss?. Biography.com says that beginning in 2010 she served as an original co-host of The Talk, and that CBS did not renew her contract after one season, and that she later competed on season 17 of Dancing with the Stars, finishing in fifth place, then returned as a co-host for two seasons. In late 2015, Biography.com says, she published a memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, which it says reached the top of The New York Times bestseller list, and that in November 2016 A&E premiered Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, which Biography.com calls an Emmy-winning documentary series. Biography.com says she left the Church of Scientology in 2013.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Leah Remini or Leah Marie Remini are looking for the same Brooklyn-born actress, later known for The King of Queens. Biography.com and TV Guide independently support the fuller name.