Leah Remini

Leah Marie Remini (; born June 15, 1970) is an American actress. She starred as Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and as Vanessa Celluci in the CBS sitcom ''Kevin Can Wait'' (2017–2018), both alongside Kevin James.

After being a member of the Church of Scientology from 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 the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list. From 2016 to 2019, Remini coproduced and hosted the A&E documentary series ''Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath'', for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special. Since July 2020, Remini has been the cohost of the podcast ''Scientology: Fair Game'', alongside Mike Rinder. She also cohosted the daytime talk show ''The Talk'' (2010–2011). Remini's films include the comedy ''Old School'' (2003), the mystery comedy ''Handsome'' (2017), and the romantic comedy ''Second Act'' (2018). Provided by Wikipedia