Leah Remini
Remini in 2010, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Leah Marie Remini
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 15, 1970
Ethnicity:
*Italian Sicilian (father)
*Austrian Jewish (mother)
Leah Remini is an American actress, producer, author, comedian, and activist. She is known for her roles on the shows The King of Queens and Kevin Can Wait, and in the film Old School.
Leah is the daughter of Vicki (re-marriage surname Marshall) and George Remini. Her father’s background is Sicilian, and Catholic. Her mother is Jewish, of Austrian Jewish descent.
Leah is married to Puerto Rican actor Angelo Pagán, with whom she has a daughter.
Leah was baptized Catholic. She practiced Scientology, before leaving the group and becoming anti-Scientology activist. In 2015, she stated that she is exploring Catholicism.
Leah’s paternal grandfather was named Joseph Remini.
Leah’s paternal grandmother was named Mary.
She doesnt look Austrian. She looks Sicilian and Jewish both are Mediterranean. Austrian Jews are LEVANTINE AND MEDITERRANEAN.
Still my all time crush.
PS Mr. educated, the only surnames that are actually Jewish are ones associated with a tribe such as Cohen or Levi and their variants. The names I think you are referring to are German surnames Ashkenazi Jews were forced to take during the Middle Ages so that we could be taxed by the German Empire. So those aren’t “Jewish surnames” either. But you’re so educated, I bet you knew that already, eh?
There are other Jewish surnames like “Efron” and “Elgort”.
There are also people of non-Jewish German descent called “Levi”, interestingly enough (not “Levy”).
People live together, names get exchanged…There is many variants of Levi, Levy, Levine etc.
She’s part Italian, too.
Um why shouldn’t someone with an Italian father not be called Italian? I have an Italian father and a Jewish mother, so does the fact my mom’s a Jew mean I should change my last name and not be called an Italian? My father is a real Italian, by the way, from Italy, not this Italian American crap, so I’m guessing I’m more Italian than you…
Your mother is Jewish so i’m sure people would view you more as Jewish than anything else (unless you personally identify more with your Italian side)
@ Gurrl, why would people see me more as Jewish than Italian when I am half both? This is like biracial people are only black…Yes, I’m Jewish and happily so. My family came here as war refugees who went through hell, but people have a right to define themselves however they want to and to not have others define them. To make it as if a person with an Italian father and a non Italian mother should somehow be disqualified is silliness…It sounds ethnocentric and racist, quite frankly.
Beautiful girl.