Leah Remini

After this husky voiced, Brooklyn-accented beauty dropped out of school at 14, she worked a series of unglamorous jobs before finally catching a break with a recurring role as a tough-talking gal on Who's the Boss?. Although her character earned her own spin-off, Living Dolls, about a teen modeling agency, it was short-lived, as were many of Remini's subsequent sitcoms. But recurring roles on two popular shows  Saved by the Bell and a hilarious turn as the rebellious daughter of Rhea Perlman's character on Cheers  kept her in the public eye. In 1998, Remini finally signed on to a hit, albeit a sleeper one, when she became the wisecracking wife on King of Queens. While it wasn't the kind of part that earned awards, her down-to-earth performance and her off-screen frankness after the birth of her daughter, she openly griped about her weight  turned her into a talk-show favorite.