Faith Salie Biography
Faith Salie is a Rhodes Scholar and an American journalist, writer, actress, comedian, television, and radio, host. She is a CBS Sunday Morning contributor and a panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! On PBS and CUNY TV, she hosted Science Goes To The Movies. Crown published her first book, Approval Junkie, a collection of humorous essays, in April 2016.
How old is Faith Salie? – Age
Faith is 50 years old as of 14 April 2021. She was born Faith Coley Salie in 1971 in South Weymouth, Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
Faith Salie Family
Salie was born as the last born child and the only daughter of Robert Salie and Gail Coley Salie. She grew up in Dunwoody, Georgia with her two older brothers, Doug Salie and David Salie. She was raised Roman Catholic.
Faith Salie Husband
She has been married twice. She is the wife of John Semel. The couple married on October 9, 2011, in Rome. They have a son, born in 2012, and a daughter, born in 2014. She was first married to Nick Holly, who is the brother of actress Lauren Holly, in the Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. They wedded in 2005 and divorced in 2009.
Faith Salie Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 Million.
Faith Salie Career
Salie appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Sarina Douglas. She was born in Oxford, England, and after appearing in Sweet Valley High and Married… with Children, she relocated to Los Angeles. Salie made her film debut in The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, playing Diane Lane’s rival. She flew from England to Georgia several times to film her scenes.
She has also appeared in Sex and the City, as well as other sitcoms and dramas on television. She has appeared on VH-1 shows such as Best Week Ever and Undateable as a stand-up comedian and “pop-culture pundit.” She relocated to Manhattan in 2006 to host the Public Radio International show Fair Game. It was a satirical news and entertainment show and podcast that aired every day. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The O’Reilly Factor, Anderson Cooper, The Ricki Lake Show, and Piers Morgan Live, among other shows.
She hosted the Sundance Channel’s coverage of the Sundance Film Festival from 2008 to 2010, interviewing actors and directors such as Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Redford, Ryan Gosling, and Chris Rock. She has served as a moderator at the World Science Festival and the Comic-Con International. She hosted a Bravo special of Approval Matrix, a TV adaptation of the same-named feature in New York magazine.
Salie is a CBS News Sunday Morning contributor who frequently covers stories with a scientific bent. She also appears on the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! on a regular basis. In 2013, she hosted the daily Sirius XM show News & Notes for the Entertainment Weekly channel. Her book, Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much, was released in April 2016, and it was adapted into a one-woman stage show that ran from April 2018 to 2019.