Personal details
- Birth Date: 1970-06-15
- Height: 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Birth Location: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Children: (filed for divorce, 1 child) Sofia Pagan
- Parents: Vicki Marshall
- Professions: Actress, Producer, Editor
Leah Remini grew up bouncing between Brooklyn and Los Angeles, the daughter of Vicki and George Remini—her dad ran an asbestos removal biz, which, yeah, not your average Hollywood background. She’s got a big family: older sister Nicole, plus a handful of half-sisters. Her big break came as Carrie Heffernan on The King of Queens, which basically made her TV royalty for almost a decade. Later, she jumped to co-host The Talk and, even bigger, took a sledgehammer to the world of Scientology with her Emmy-winning docuseries Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. That show hit hard and scooped up awards left and right, while her podcast Scientology: Fair Game digs even deeper. Leah’s childhood wasn’t exactly normal. Her mom got into Scientology when Leah was just a kid, and soon enough, Leah and Nicole were signed up for the Sea Org—the group’s intense paramilitary branch, complete with insane billion-year contracts. Not exactly summer camp. By thirteen, her mom pulled them out, but the family was stuck working off the so-called “Freeloader’s Debt” for years. Eventually, Leah left Scientology for good in 2013. She baptized her daughter Catholic and wrote a killer memoir, Troublemaker, which shot to the top of the bestseller list. Before her King of Queens fame, Leah popped up all over TV: Who’s the Boss?, Living Dolls with Halle Berry, Saved by the Bell, Cheers, even a blink-and-you-miss-it role on Friends. She’s never really slowed down, always turning up with something sharp, funny, or fearless.
Kevin James once nailed it when he called her “the mouth of a construction worker in the body of a model.” That’s basically Holly in a nutshell—she’s got this knockout look that’ll make anyone do a double take, but she opens her mouth and you’re suddenly in the middle of a New York job site at 7 a.m. Zero filter, just pure, unfiltered honesty flying out, sometimes hilarious, sometimes wildly inappropriate. The best part? She owns it. She’s not trying to be polite or delicate; she’s just real, and somehow that makes her even more magnetic. There’s a scene where she absolutely roasts a guy twice her size and doesn’t even blink—legendary stuff. People either love her or can’t handle her, there’s no in-between, and honestly, that’s half the fun watching her work her way through the chaos. She doesn’t apologize for who she is, not for a second. Total scene-stealer.
You ever have those moments where you look totally chill on the outside, but inside your brain’s having a meltdown? That’s pretty much the running vibe in this movie. The main character’s thrown into one awkward situation after another—think job interviews, first dates, even just trying to make it through family dinner without embarrassing herself. She’s got this hilarious, brutally honest inner monologue going, constantly freaking out over the tiniest stuff, like whether her zipper’s up or if there’s something stuck in her teeth. Every social encounter turns into a wild guessing game of “did I just make it weird?” You can totally feel her anxiety, but it’s wrapped up in so much humor you can’t help but laugh with her. The plot really leans into all those little human insecurities we pretend not to have, making the whole thing super relatable and ridiculously funny at the same time.
June 15, 1970
5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Yes, Sofia Pagan
Vicki Marshall and Surekha
55 years old