Biografía
Faith Salie served as host and executive producer of the National Public Radio program "Fair Game from PRI with Faith Salie." Over its 300-episode run, she conducted more than 1,000 interviews with notable figures such as President Jimmy Carter, Lorne Michaels, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Slash, Elizabeth Edwards, Norah Jones, Oliver Sacks, Tom Brokaw, and a family of champion elk callers.
On television, Faith hosts the Sundance Channel's coverage of the Sundance Film Festival, interviewing filmmakers and actors including Chris Rock, Uma Thurman, Billy Bob Thornton, The Doors, Kristen Wiig, Mo'Nique, and Paul Giamatti. She was also a star of the critically acclaimed improvisational sitcom Significant Others (2004) on Bravo. Her acting credits span numerous sitcoms and dramas—from a memorable gold lamé appearance on Sex and the City (1998) to earning cult status among Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) fans as a “tradable life form.”
Faith contributes monthly to O, The Oprah Magazine, as an ethics expert and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986), where she debated Randy Cohen, The New York Times ethicist.
As a political and current events commentator, Faith has appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979), The Factor (1996), and CNN, and contributed to National Public Radio programs Tell Me More and The Takeaway, covering both the 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions. She is a moderator for the World Science Festival, leading discussions with scientists like Richard Leakey, Vilayanur Ramachandran, and Raymond Kurzweil. Faith also provides pop-culture commentary on various VH-1 shows and is a regular on Fox News’ late-night program Red Eye with Tom Shillue (2007).
Faith frequently performs stand-up comedy at the Hollywood Improv. She is a television writer and has created and executive produced pilots for Fox, VH-1, and the Oxygen Network.
A Rhodes Scholar, Faith graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University and earned an M.Phil. in Literature from Oxford University. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, she combines the use of "wicked" as an adverb with the Southern "y'all." Her hobbies include baking classic "white trash" treats and giving them away before she can eat them.
