Faith Coley Salie was born on April 14,1971 and is an American journalist, writer, actress, comedian, television, radio, and podcast host.
20 Facts About Faith Salie
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Faith Salie is a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and a panelist on NPR's Wait Wait.
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Faith Salie hosted Science Goes To The Movies on PBS and CUNY TV.
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Faith Salie is a storyteller for The Moth, with her story viewed over 4 million times.
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Faith Salie grew up in Dunwoody, Georgia, with her two older brothers.
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Faith Salie began dancing at age three and decided she wanted to be an actor after getting the lead in the fourth-grade class play.
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Faith Salie graduated in 1989 from North Springs High School in Fulton County, Georgia.
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Faith Salie enrolled as an undergraduate at Northwestern University and transferred after one year to Harvard University.
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Faith Salie won Harvard's prestigious literary award, the Bowdoin Prize, as well as the Jonathan Levy Award for best actor.
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Faith Salie played the role of Sarina Douglas in two episodes, "Statistical Probabilities" and "Chrysalis".
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On Fair Game, Faith Salie interviewed hundreds of newsmakers including Lorne Michaels, Jimmy Carter, Anthony Hopkins, Zach Galifianakis, Leonard Nimoy, and Chelsea Handler.
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Faith Salie was a regular contributor to an ethics column for O, The Oprah Magazine.
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Faith Salie has appeared as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The O'Reilly Factor, and Anderson.
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Since Fair Game, Faith Salie has hosted many podcasts, including Wait Wait Naked and Ashamed, Broadway Revival for Audible, Real Good for Stitcher, One Plus One for Wondery, and Authorized for Audible.
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Faith Salie has been a contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning since 2009.
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Faith Salie is a regular panelist on the NPR quiz show Wait Wait.
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Faith Salie has moderated events at venues such as the Paley Center for Media, Tribeca Film Festival, 92nd Street Y, the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Public Library, the World Science Festival and Comic-Con.
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Faith Salie has written for The New York Times, Time, USA Today, and McSweeney's.
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Faith Salie has been very public about her fertility treatments and challenges and speaks often about becoming a mother for the first time in her 40s.
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Faith Salie has won five Daytime Emmy Awards as a Contributing Commentator to CBS News Sunday Morning with the show's wins for Outstanding Morning Program in 2013,2015,2019 and 2021.