Leah Remini (born June 15, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American actress. Her father is Sicilian; her mother is Austrian-Jewish.
Early in her career she starred as Charlie Briscoe, the girl with a chip on her shoulder, on the 1989 sitcom Living Dolls. She went on to play Stacey Carosi on several episodes of the sitcom Saved by the Bell. She currently appears as Doug Heffernan's (Kevin James) wife, Carrie, on the television series The King of Queens, a role she originated in 1998. She has also appeared in television advertisements for Quaker State motor oil.
Leah Remini is a Scientologist. She is married and has a daughter named Sophia.
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