| Faith Salie | |
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| Born | April 14, 1971 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, radio host, television personality, television presenter |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Spouse | Nick Holly (2005–2009) |
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| http://faithsalie.com/ | |
Faith Coley Salie (born April 14, 1971)[1] is an American actress, comedian, radio host and television personality. She first became known for her role as Sarina Douglas on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,[1] and went on to host the Public Radio International program Fair Game with Faith Salie.[2]
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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Salie is the daughter of real estate investor Robert Salie and Gail (Coley) Salie.[3][4] She grew up in the Atlanta, Georgia area, along with two older brothers: Doug (the eldest)[4] and David Salie, who served as Director of House Party Fundraising for the 2004 Howard Dean presidential campaign.[5]
Salie was married on June 4, 2005 to Nick Holly, a television writer/producer[3] and brother of actress Lauren Holly.[6] The couple divorced in 2009.[7]
Faith Salie graduated in 1989 from North Springs High School in Fulton County, Georgia (now Sandy Springs, Georgia). Turned down for admission to Yale University, she enrolled as an undergraduate at Northwestern University instead and later transferred to Harvard University.[1] She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard with a degree in History and Literature of Modern France and England.[5] Awarded a Rhodes scholarship, she went on to earn an M.Phil. in Modern English Literature from Oxford University.[8]
She previously appeared in the 2004 Bravo improvisational sitcom, Significant Others as well as other television sitcoms and dramas, including Sex and the City[9] and as Sarina Douglas on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "Statistical Probabilities" (1997) and "Chrysalis" (1998). A stand-up comedian and "pop-culture pundit" on several VH-1 programs, Salie served as co-creator, host and writer/producer for Fair Game.[2] She also guests on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, serves as an occasional panelist on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, and contributes commentaries to CBS Sunday Morning.
She chaired a special session entitled Battlestar Galactica at the 2009 World Science Festival.[10] The session also included Mary McDonnell, Michael Hogan, Nick Bostrom and Kevin Warwick.
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