In 2016, she followed up her memoir with the two-time Emmy Award-winning documentary television series on the A&E network, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, where she created a platform for victims and survivors of Scientology. Two years later, Remini released her book, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, her memoir became number one on The New York Times Best Sellers List. Remini and husband Angelo Pagán, baptized their daughter Sofia as a Catholic. Remini and family worked regular jobs to pay for Scientology services. Remini moved to Los Angeles, California, with her mother and sisters, where she spent the remainder of her teenage years working to pay off their debt to Scientology called a Freeloader's Debt. Remini's mother decided to take her children out of the Sea Org and return to civilian Scientology life when Remini was thirteen years old. Sea Org children do not live with their parents and children of the Sea Org are treated as adults and work around the clock. Remini and sister Nicole were then taken to join Scientology's Paramilitary organization called the Sea Organization, where they were forced to sign billion-year contracts and work for their room and board. When she was 8 years old, her mother joined the Church of Scientology, and Remini was thereafter raised as a Scientologist.

Since 2020 Remini is producing and co-hosting the iHeart radio podcast Scientology: Fair Game She was baptized Roman Catholic. Since 2016 she has created, hosted and executive produced co-produced the Emmy Award-winning A&E documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. She starred as Carrie Heffernan on the long-running CBS comedy series The King of Queens (1998-2007) and later co-hosted The Talk in 2010-11. She has an older sister named Nicole and 4 half-sisters named Christine, Stephanie (died of cancer in 2013), Elizabeth & Shannon. Leah was born to Vicki Julia Marshall, & George Anthony Remini, who owned an asbestos removal company. Leah Marie Remini was born on June 15,1970 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York & was raised in Los Angeles, California.

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