Leah Remini was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of Vicki Marshall, a private school teacher, and George Remini, who owned an asbestos removal company. Her mother was of Austrian Jewish background and her father was Sicilian. Leah Remini has an older sister, Nicole Remini (born 1969), who was her assistant on The King of Queens. Leah Remini also has four half-sisters, including Christina (born 1969).