Leah Remini Biography

Fast Facts

• Works with the Children's Hospital and the Zoo in Los Angeles, as well as a number of after-school programs
• When she was 13, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother to get an early start on her acting career
• Worked as a waitress, a car insurance salesperson and a solar heating company telemarketer
• Appeared in a number of sitcoms, sometimes as a guest star and sometimes as a main character, which her role as Carrie Heffernan being her first long-running part
• Transitioned into co-producing, with her first effort being a special for VH1 and another effort being a 2007 web series for Suave and Sprint
• Enjoys singing Karaoke when she isn't in front of the camera
• Attended the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in Italy