<Li> Sara Spooner ( season 1 ; played by Lisa Rieffel ) is Carrie 's younger half - sister , an irresponsible aspiring actress . She appears in only five of the first six episodes . She was only mentioned one other time ( although not by name ) in episode 52 ( `` Roast Chicken '' ) by Doug as an excuse to his boss to get out of performing a roast . After the show became more popular , Kevin James was asked to explain what happened to Sara during an interview . According to James , the producers could not think of any storylines to develop Rieffel 's character , so she was discontinued . During the pilot she was on camera for roughly half the episode . However , in the other episodes in which she was included , her character did not have much to say or do . Subsequent dialogue suggests that Sara Spooner never existed , and that Carrie is an only child . ( The disappearance of her character , coupled with the show 's subsequent contention that the character never existed , is an example of the `` Chuck Cunningham Syndrome '' . ) </Li>
<Li> Sara Spooner ( season 1 ; played by Lisa Rieffel ) is Carrie 's younger half - sister , an irresponsible aspiring actress . She appears in only five of the first six episodes . She was only mentioned one other time ( although not by name ) in episode 52 ( `` Roast Chicken '' ) by Doug as an excuse to his boss to get out of performing a roast . After the show became more popular , Kevin James was asked to explain what happened to Sara during an interview . According to James , the producers could not think of any storylines to develop Rieffel 's character , so she was discontinued . During the pilot she was on camera for roughly half the episode . However , in the other episodes in which she was included , her character did not have much to say or do . Subsequent dialogue suggests that Sara Spooner never existed , and that Carrie is an only child . ( The disappearance of her character , coupled with the show 's subsequent contention that the character never existed , is an example of the `` Chuck Cunningham Syndrome '' . ) </Li>
who plays carrie 's sister on king of queens
who plays carrie 's sister on king of queens
Lisa Rieffel
Lisa Rieffel